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Crusader Gardens, CR0

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Place Name A throwback to the medieval crop that grew here, saffron (Crocus Sativus), which was used for dyeing and…

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Charles Cobb Gardens, CR0

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Place Name Named after Charles John Cobb, tea merchant’s clerk, who was a conscientious objector during the First World War.…

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Canning Road, CR0

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Place Name One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British…

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Burgos Close, CR0

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Place Name Named after long-serving Labour councillor Vit Burgos who served in the Waddon ward throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Among…

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Blackhorse Lane, CR0

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Place Name Named after the Black Horse Inn which stood on the junction of Blackhorse Lane and Lower Addiscombe Road…

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Bishops Walk, CR0

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Place Name A reference to the Archbishops of Canterbury who for over 500 years from at least the late Saxon…

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Beddington Lane, CR0

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Place Name Directional, this was the main route between Mitcham and the village of Beddington. This street takes its name…

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Ashburton Avenue, CR0

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Place Name Named after the Ashburton Estate which got its name when Alexander Baring took over the barony of Ashburton…

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Marsham Close, BR7

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Place Name Named after Robert Marsham, nephew of Viscount Sydney who was Lord of the Manor of Chislehurst. Marsham was the son…

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Ashfield Lane, BR7

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Place Name Descriptive. This road was laid out over the grounds of a property called Woodlands, with mostly pre- and…

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