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Holbrook Lane, BR7

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Place Name This ancient thoroughfare that is thought to have been the main route to St. Mary Cray, is one…

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Wilderness Road, BR7

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Place Name Named after woodland called simply, The Wilderness, which was part of the Camden Place estate. It was bought in…

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Kemnal Road, BR7

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Place Name The origin of this road’s name dates back to 1250 in deeds that referred to the estate of…

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Crown Lane, BR7

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Place Name Named after the Crown Inn that stood on this road until it was rebuilt on nearby School Lane…

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Degema Road, BR7

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Place Name Named after the river port of Degema in southern Nigeria, the road was developed by Harry Miller (born…

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Old Perry Street, BR7

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Place Name Named after the pear orchard on Perry Street Shaw Farm (a shaw being an archaic word for a…

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Yester Park, BR7

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Place Name Yester Park was a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate, which had been broken…

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Empress Drive, BR7

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Place Name Named in honour of Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y KirkPatrick, 16th Countess of Teba, 15th…

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Camden Grove, BR7

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Place Name There has been a house here since the early 1600s, but the present house was developed and first…

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Belmont Lane, BR7

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Place Name Belmont comes from the Norman French meaning a fine or beautiful hill. It was a popular name in…

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