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Raggleswood, BR7

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Place Name Named after the former Raggles Wood that disappeared under post-war development. Writing in Webb’s History in 1899, Dorothea…

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The Glebe, BR7

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Place Name Glebe land is that owned by the church to support the local priest, in this case for those…

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Bonar Place, BR7

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Place Name Commemorating the deaths of Thomson and Anne Bonar, residents of Camden Place who were murdered in their bedchamber…

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Station Approach, BR7

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Place Name Descriptive. Chislehurst and Bickley Park opened at the Old Hill/Chislehurst Road junction on July 1, 1865 as part…

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Copperfield Way, BR7

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Place Name One of a cluster of streets named in honour of the great Victorian author Charles Dickens, the others…

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Dickens Drive, BR7

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Place Name One of a cluster of streets named in honour of the great Victorian author Charles Dickens, the others…

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Farrington Place, BR7

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Place Name Named after three generations of the Farrington family, owners of a small mansion dating back to the 17thCentury.…

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Lubbock Road, BR7

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Place Name Lubbock Road takes its name from Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, (April 30, 1834 – May 28, 1913)…

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Mill Place, BR7

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Place Name Named after Mill Cottages, which were built close to Millfield where, appropriately enough, stood a windmill. The windmill…

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Cookham Dene Close, BR7

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Place Name Named after a property designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Sir Aston Webb, whose works include Admiralty…

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