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Bromley Road, BR2

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Place Name Directional, the road leading from Beckenham to Bromley town centre. The name Bromley was first recorded in AD862…

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Broomfield Road, N13

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Place Name So-called because of the broom bushes that grew here. The locality was recorded as Bromefeyld sometime around 1530,…

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Broomfield Avenue, N13

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Place Name So-called because of the broom bushes that grew here. The locality was recorded as Bromefeyld sometime around 1530,…

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Broomfield Lane, N13

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Place Name So-called because of the broom bushes that grew here. The locality was recorded as Bromefeyld sometime around 1530,…

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Broomfield Road, TW9

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Place Name Originally a continuation of Sandycombe Road, which itself was variously called Sand Lane, Blind Lane and Sandy Lane. The…

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Brick Farm Close, TW9

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Place Name Most likely called after the material used to construct the farmhouse that once stood here. Brick Farm and…

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Braddon Road, TW9

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Place Name Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1835 – February 4, 1915) was a popular novelist of the Victorian era…

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Beechwood Avenue, TW9

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Place Name This was previously part of the Leyborne Popham family’s North Sheen estate. In 1905 Richmond Council approved a…

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Barker Close, TW9

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Place Name Named after the Barker family, former market gardeners who developed a large swathe of the area in the…

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Atwoods Alley, TW9

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Place Name Originally Love Lane. This was part of the original boundary footpath of Richmond and Mortlake. Named after the…

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