Place Name Directional. The village on the River Cray, which itself means clean or pure, although it has also been…
Place Name Named in honour of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, hero of the Battle of Waterloo fought in…
Place Name Directional. The name Orpington was first recorded in 1032 and is named after an Anglo-Saxon farmer owner called…
Place Name It has been suggested that Scadbury was first recorded in legal documents as Scadebir’ in 1254, later as…
Place Name Named after the Lennard family, who were Lords of the Manor and major property holders from 1579 when…
Place Name Named after Ravenswood House, a Queen Anne style mansion, which had been built in the 18thCentury on a…
Place Name Named after a former orphange, The Aberdare Memorial Home which was established in 1930 by the Children’s Aid…
Place Name Named after the Grade II listed property Oak Lodge which still stands, this was built on half of…
Place Name Descriptive name after a former field or meadow. Before the area was developed this was farmland on the…
Place Name One of three roads named after neighbouring counties. Surrey, Kent and Sussex. Until the London Government Act 1963,…