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Holborn Way, CR4

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Place Name This street name means the stream in the hollow, from the Old English words holh ad burna. It…

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Figge’s Road, CR4

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Place Name Directional. The road leading to Figge’s Marsh which was itself named after a 14thCentury landowner named William Fige,…

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Mitcham Park, CR4

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Place Name Mitcham is Old English in origin – micel and häm – and means big settlement. Before the Romans…

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Morden Road, CR4

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Place Name Directional. Means the hill by marshes, albeit a slight rise between the valleys of Beverley Brook and the…

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Marsh Avenue, CR4

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Place Name As the name implies, this was a topographical description of the soil prior to development as this land…

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Lammas Avenue, CR4

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Long before its development this and the surrounding area was all agricultural land. This name preserves…

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Wilson Avenue, CR4

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Place Name Named after successful local developer, Sir Isaac Wilson who in 1928 gifted the Wilson Cottage Hospital to the…

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Pitcairn Road, CR4

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Place Name A reference to the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe who is said to have lived for a…

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Turnstone Close, CR2

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Place Name This is on the Selsdon Vale estate laid out between 1960 and 1972. However development of this area…

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Quail Gardens, CR2

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Place Name This is on the Selsdon Vale estate laid out between 1960 and 1972. However development of this area…

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