Place Name Named in honour of William Willett (August 10, 1856 – March 4, 1915), the tireless campaigner for daylight…
Place Name Directional. The name Chelsfield was first recorded, spelt Chilesfield, in the Domesday survey of 1086. It probably means…
Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block Tsarist Russia’s…
Place Name Named after Phineas Pett (November 1, 1570 – August 1647) a famous Woolwich shipwright and First Resident Commissioner…
Place Name Named after the Box Tree Inn, which operated from Petty Cottage in the hamlet of Ramsden before licensing…
Place Name Arthur Wellesley (May 1, 1769 – September 14, 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington was commander at the Battle of…
Place Name The name comes from the Old English word borg-steall meaning a place of refuge, which was usually in…
Place Name Directional. Named after the nearby area of Beddington in Sutton, which means “the farm or estate connected with…
Place Name Directional. Named after the nearby village of Sanderstead which literally means a sandy place, its origins go back…
Place Name Directional, the road leading from Bromley to Chislehurst. The name Chislehurst was first recorded in either AD955 or…