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Fairdene Road, CR5

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Place Name A corruption of the name of the local area, Fairdean Downs or Farthing Downs, this was once part…

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Cearn Way, CR5

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Place Name Named after local developer Charles H Cearn who bought Coulsdon Court and its lands in 1923 from the…

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Cayton Road, CR5

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Place Name Just over the border in Surrey. One of a number of roads laid out on the old hospital…

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Weston Close, CR5

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Place Name Named after Jerome Weston, second Earl of Portland, (December 16, 1605 – March 17, 1663) whose family had…

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Bouverie Road, CR5

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Place Name Just over the border in Surrey. Named after Sir Edward Bouverie who bought the Coulsdon Manor estate in…

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Wallace Square, CR5

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Place Name In Surrey. One of a number of roads laid out on the old hospital grounds which are named…

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Shelley Close, CR5

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Place Name Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822), was a major English Romantic poet and widely…

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Larkin Close, CR5

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Place Name Named after Philip Arthur Larkin (August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985) whose works include This Be The…

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The Netherlands, CR5

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Place Name It is part of the area known as The Dutch Village which as well as this road includes…

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Walpole Avenue, CR5

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Place Name In Chipstead, Surrey. Named after the Walpole family who lived at Stagbury House. In the 1890s Henrietta Vade-Walpole oversaw…

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