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Lea Road, BR3

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Place Name Named in memory of Richard Lea (1747 – December 6, 1828), an early 19thCentury squire, who was a…

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Reddons Road, BR3

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Place Name Originally one of the fields that made up Elm Farm on the Kent House estate, Reddons probably comes…

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Plawsfield Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after agricultural land which formed part of the Kent House estate, plaw is a Middle English word…

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Barnmead Road, BR3

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Place Name The Middle English word mede, itself from Old English mæd, means meadow, and before development in the late 19thCentury…

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Kimberley Road, BR3

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Place Name Kimberley Road was laid out between 1904-5. It is named after the 124-day Siege – or as likely…

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Acacia Road, BR3

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Place Name A popular type of street name for suburban developers was to use any pre-existing plants or features there…

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The Mead, BR3

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Place Name Before development this area was covered in market gardens and this road was named after a field of…

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Wellhouse Road, BR3

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Place Name Before development of this area in the 1930s this was farmland on the Eden Estate, the name is…

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Wickham Road, BR3

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Place Name Wickham is a Saxon word meaning a settlement on the site of an earlier Roman settlement – a…

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Westgate Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after the western entrance of the drive leading to Westgate Lodge on the Beckenham Place Estate, the…

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