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Kendall Avenue, CR2

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Place Name This street is named after a local builder called Kendall, who also named two nearby streets after his…

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Norman Avenue, CR2

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Place Name This street along with Florence Road were named after the children of a local builder called Kendall, who…

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Thorold Close, CR2

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Place Name Named after Anthony Wilson Thorold who leased Selsdon House when he became Bishop of Rochester. At the time…

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Attwood Close, CR2

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Place Name Remembering the Atwood family who inherited the Manor of Sanderstead from John Ownstead, when he died without any…

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Tedder Road, CR2

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Place Name Recalling the area’s agricultural past, a tedder is a machine used in haymaking to aerate or “wuffle” the hay…

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Ownstead Gardens, CR2

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Place Name Named after John Ownstead, a servant of Queen Elizabeth I in 1591, who owned Sanderstead Manor, which included…

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Greville Avenue, CR2

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Place Name Named after Mabel Greville, the great-granddaughter of George Smith, the East India Company director who turned Selsdon Park…

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Florence Road, CR2

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Place Name This street along with neighbouring Norman Avenue were named after the children of a local builder called Kendall,…

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Cowley Close, CR2

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Place Name Named after the former owner of Heathfield Lodge, Samuel Norman Cowley, a successful cloth and linen merchant, whose…

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Selsdon Road, CR2

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Place Name Directional. First recorded sometime around AD880 as Selesdune this was named after a Saxon – or possibly a…

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