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Oak Lodge Drive, BR4

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Place Name Named after the Grade II listed property Oak Lodge which still stands, this was built on half of…

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High Mead, BR4

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Place Name Descriptive name after a former field or meadow. Before the area was developed this was farmland on the…

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Surrey Road, BR4

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Place Name One of three roads named after neighbouring counties. Surrey, Kent and Sussex. Until the London Government Act 1963,…

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Sylvan Way, BR4

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Place Name Like many of the road names in the area this alludes to the extensive woodland that once covered…

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Westland Drive, BR4

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Place Name Despite the name, there was no drive here prior to development. The road was laid out over fields…

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Tudor Gardens, BR4

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Place Name This street name alludes to the area’s place in history, as the village where Henry VIII is said…

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Red Lodge Road, BR4

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Place Name Named after a small house of the same name which was part of the Langley Park estate and…

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Chessington Way, BR4

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Place Name Despite its name this was no ancient road leading to the town of Chessington in Surrey, which itself…

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Oaklands Avenue, BR4

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Place Name The name, like many in this part of Bromley, on what was the Kent – Surrey border, alludes…

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Copse Avenue, BR4

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Place Name Before development the area of Spring Park, also known as Springpark Wood, was a forested area which was…

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