Place Name Named after the local area of East Wickham, thought to have been inhabited since at least Roman times.…
Place Name Named, unsurprisingly enough, after the former toll gate situated near here that charged carriages heading to London via…
Place Name Named after Nicholas Ridley (circa 1500 – October 16, 1555), a Bishop of London, who had previously been Bishop…
Place Name William Cowper (November 15, 1731 – April 25, 1800) was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. His name…
Place Name Remembering an old name of the Danson Estate which was first recorded as both Densynton and Dansington in…
Place Name From the Celtic word penn meaning head or, in this case, end, as this is the end of…
Place Name Derived its name from the Royal shooting (archery) parties hunting in the neighbourhood, in the time of Henry VIII. Some…
Place Name Laid out sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury, it was originally named Talfourd Road, after Edward Talfourd…
Place Name Named in memory of rifleman Raymond Tritton Storer who was killed in action at the 2nd Battle of…
Place Name Named after the small 12thCentury chapel of ease which was set up in the ancient parish of Plumstead. In…