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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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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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