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Sutton Close, BR3

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Place Name Violet Everleen Sutton (December 7, 1883 – May 7, 1948) was daughter of Captain Francis Richard Hugh Seymour…

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Monivea Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after the birthplace of Elizabeth Margaret Blakeney who married local landowner and developer Albemarle Cator on April…

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Malmains Close, BR3

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Place Name Named after the Malmaines family who held the seat of the Langley Park estate, which was originally owned…

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Hampden Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after John Hampden (circa 1594 – June 24, 1643), a MP and one of the leading figures…

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Gwydor Road, BR3

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Place Name The name is thought to be a corruption of Gwydyr, after Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr, (June 16,…

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Greenways, BR3

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Place Name Named after farmland, Greenways Field, recorded in 1685 on the Kelsey Estate. The area remained green field until…

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Eden Way, BR3

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Place Name Named after William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (April 3, 1745 – May 28, 1814) who retired to Beckenham…

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Crease Park, BR3

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Place Name Named after a local alderman on the Beckenham Urban District Council, James Crease, a Second Substitute Charter Mayor,…

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Clement Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after Clement Ravenscroft who took over management of the Birkbeck Bank on his father Francis’s death in…

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Brograve Gardens, BR3

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Place Name This street name remembers the Brograve family, whose 200 year connection with the Kelsey Manor estate began in…

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