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Robin Hood Green, BR5

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Place Name This is one of a dozen streets that’s name is inspired by the legend of Robin Hood. Before…

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Poverest Road, BR5

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Place Name The name is a corruption of Margaret de Pouery, the owner of a manorial estate here in the…

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Lockesley Drive, BR5

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Place Name This is one of a dozen streets that’s name is inspired by the legend of Robin Hood, who…

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Hodson Crescent, BR5

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Place Name This street name remembers the 17thCentury bellmaker Christopher Hodson, whose foundry was in St Mary’s Cray. During his…

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Kevington Drive, BR5

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Place Name Kevington is first recorded in the early 17thCentury but is thought to have been based on a much…

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Lagoon Road, BR5

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Place Name In 1933 developer E O’Sullivan opened the The Blue Lagoon lido, off Cray Avenue. This privately operated open…

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Hyde Drive, BR5

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Place Name This road was laid out on land that had previously belonged to the church of St Mary’s Cray,…

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Axtaine Road, BR5

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Place Name This street gets its name from old Hundred, a term used for administrative districts from Anglo-Saxon times until…

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De Lapre Close, BR5

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Place Name The name comes from the French de la pré, meaning in or of the meadow. The road is…

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Athelstan Way, BR5

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Place Name Named after Athelstan the first Anglo-Saxon ruler who was recognised as King of All England. He was crowned…

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