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Lion Road, DA6

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Place Name Named after the Golden Lion public house which was built in about 1730 on Bexleyheath Broadway as a coaching inn.…

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Friswell Place, DA6

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Place Name Named after the writer James Hain Friswell (May 8, 1825 – March 12, 1878) and his daughter Jane,…

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Alers Road, DA6

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Place Name Named after Jameson Alers Hankey (September 13, 1836 – October 23, 1917), a descendant of the Hankey banking family. He moved to The Mount,…

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Arnsberg Way, DA6

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Place Name Arnsberg Way, Bexleyheath, is named after the German town which has been twinned with Bexleyheath since 1971.

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Royal Oak Road, DA6

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Place Name Today this long street is broken into two parts, as it straddles the A207 Albion Road. But this…

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Pincott Road, DA6

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Place Name After Reverend William Henry Pincott, first Vicar of Christ Church, Bexleyheath, who served between 1866 and 1878. This street…

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Erith Road, DA6

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Place Name Directional. The ancient village of Erith was first recorded as Earhyð in AD695, meaning a gravelly landing place.…

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Bean Road, DA6

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Place Name Named after engineer Alfred Bean, owner of the Danson Estate in Bexleyheath, who was Chairman of Bexley Local…

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Lakeside Close, DA5

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Place Name Named after the boating lake that stands in Danson Park. The road was still parkland until well after…

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Steynton Avenue, DA5

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Place name Steyne comes from the Old English stoene, meaning a stony place and ton from tün meaning farmstead or…

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