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Arcadian Avenue, DA5

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Place name One of a cluster of streets relating to Arcadia, a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The…

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Hastings Road, BR6

24 May 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional. From the late 18thCentury this was the pikeroad (toll) from London to Tunbridge Wells and on to…

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Stapleton Road, BR6

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Place Name Named after a former Lord of the Manor John Glode Stapleton, whose family were owners of Mayfield Place…

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Ambrose Close, BR6

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Place Name Named in remembrance of Mother Superior Ambrose McDonnell, the long-term administrator of St Anne’s Convent and orphanage who…

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Bishop Butt Close, BR6

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Place Name Part of the early 1980s development of the former St Anne’s and St Joseph’s Orphanage sites. It is…

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Durrant Way, BR6

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Place Name Commemorating Sergeant Thomas Frank Durrant (October 17, 1918 – March 28, 1942), of Green Street Green, who was…

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Marcellina Way, BR6

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Place Name Part of the early 1980s development of the former St Anne’s and St Joseph’s Orphanage sites. It is…

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Luxted Road, BR6

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Place Name The hamlet of Luxted, near Downe, was first mentioned in the records at the time of Edward II,…

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Waring Drive, BR6

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Place Name Named after Arthur Waring (1851 – 1920), owner of the Woodlands, Chelsfield, whose father William had built the…

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Crofton Lane, BR6

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Place Name First recorded before the Norman invasion as Crop tunes gemœro in the Anglo-Saxon charter of AD973. The name…

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