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Attlee Close, CR7

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Place Name Clement Richard Attlee (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was the post-war British Prime Minister who oversaw the…

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Alma Place, CR7

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Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, fought on September 20, 1854 when the allied expeditionary force…

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Kitchener Road, CR7

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads commemorating leading military figures who took part in imperial campaigns. Named after…

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Milner Road, CR7

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Place Name Like many of the nearby roads, this is named after a major figure in the Boer Wars. Named…

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Coates Close, CR7

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Place Name Named after Mary Coates who along with Josiah Humphries held smallholdings near here until they died. The land…

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Reservoir Close, CR7

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Place Name As the name implies this road was built over the former Selhurst reservoir containing 2,500,000 gallons of water.…

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Furze Road, CR7

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Place Name Named after the common thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers (Ulex europaeus). It was the gorse that covered the…

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Marion Road, CR7

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Place Name When it was first laid out in 1874 as a cul-de-sac from the west side of Bensham Manor…

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Hallowell Gardens, CR7

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Place Name Named in honour of Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew (January 1761 – September 2, 1834), who in 1828…

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Galpin’s Road, CR7

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Place Name Said to be a corruption of John Gilpin, a former occupant of Colliers Water Farm, who became immortalised…

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