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Croham Close, CR2

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Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which was first recorded as Craweham in 1225, meaning the…

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Boxford Close, CR2

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Place Name Named after the family of Robert de Boxeford, who was lord of the manor in these parts around…

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Magdala Road, CR2

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Place Name Named after the fortress in 1868 taken by the British Expedition to Abyssinia to rescue several missionaries and…

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Wickham Avenue, CR0

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Place Name Wickham is a Saxon word meaning a settlement on the site of an earlier Roman settlement – a…

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Wandle Road, CR0

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Place Name Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, but the name is comparatively new. It was a back-formation…

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Waddon Close, CR0

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Place Name Named after the local area in Croydon meaning woad hill, the plant used for dying material. One of…

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Tugela Road, CR0

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Place Name Named after theĀ Battle of Tugela Heights, which ran from February 14 until February 27, 1900 during the Second…

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Trojan Way, CR0

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Place Name Named after Trojan Ltd, a British car maker which operated from a plant in Croydon from the 1920s…

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Temple Avenue, CR0

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Place Name Named after Sir Purbeck Temple, a member of the Privy Council at the time of Charles II, who…

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Shirley Way, CR0

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Place Name Named after the local area it means bright woodland, without a forest canopy blocking the light. It has…

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