Place Name Named after John Olyffe, an Alderman of London, who held the Manor of East Wickham during Elizabeth I’s reign.…
Place Name Named after the wood which straddles the London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. Its meaning is literal and…
Place Name After Robert Burnell (circa 1239 – October 25, 1292), Bishop of Bath & Wells, who from 1284 was Lord…
Place Name Directional. The road leading to Welling. Several reasons have been given as to how the settlement of Welling…
Place Name Built on the former site of allotment gardens it is named in honour of Prince Albert Victor, Duke…
Place Name Named after Longlands House, built sometime around 1750, and later the home of the well-connected George Russell, a…
Place Name Laid out in the 1930s. Arthur Wellesley (May 1, 1769 – September 14, 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington was commander…
Place Name Probably named after Dr James Crombie (1857 – March 30, 1918), who was originally from Melrose, in Scotland but…
Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, fought on September 20, 1854 when the allied expeditionary force…
Place Name Named after Alfred Harland, a developer who used the bricks from the newly-demolished Longlands House to build properties.…