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Cocksure Lane, DA14

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Place Name A corruption of a field name mentioned in a document of 1837 as Cocks Shaw, potentially after a…

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Filed under: Bexley, field name, Sidcup

Calvert Close, DA14

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Place Name After Sir William Calvert (1703 – May 3, 1761), an Alderman and later Lord Mayor of London, who…

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Burdett Close, DA14

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Place Name Most likely named after Sir Francis Burdett (January 25, 1770 – January 23, 1844), a reformist MP who…

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Black Horse Road, DA14

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Place Name Named after a former public house, the Black Horse, which was first licensed by Richard Manning in April…

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Frognal Place, DA14

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Place Name Named after Frognal House which was originally built in the 15thCentury and then rebuilt sometime around 1670 as…

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Sidcup Hill, DA14

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Place Name From the Old English words sette and copp, meaning a flat hill top. The name first went on…

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Mount Culver Avenue, DA14

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Place Name Laid out on the land of the former Mount Culver Farm, the name of which is thought to…

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Bunkers Hill, DA14

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Place Name Commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill fought on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston in the…

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Birkbeck Road, DA14

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Place Name Named in honour of Dr George Birkbeck (January 10, 1776 – December 1, 1841), a physician and a…

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Goodwin Drive, DA14

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Place Name Named after the Anglo-Saxon leaseholder Godwine Fot – or Godwin Foot – who held the property from before…

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