Place Name The name Purley means a wood with pear trees and was first recorded in 1200 as Pirlee and…
Place Name This is an ancient Iron Age track that led from the Sussex ironfields via Farleigh, Titsey and Limpsfield…
Place Name Named after Mitchley Wood – or Mitcherley Wood as it was recorded in 1843 – in Sanderstead. Mitchley…
Place Name The local area King’s Wood does not get its name from any royal connection but rather a local…
Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which this overlooks. Croham Hurst was first recorded as Crawham…
Place Name Early spellings of the local area have it as Hallinges in 1200 suggesting this may be the Healla’s…
Place Name Named after the nearby Freelands Wood. John Field in Place-Names of Greater London says it got its name…
Place Name A Green plaque at the junction of Drovers Road and Selsdon Road explains the story behind this street’s…
Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which was first recorded as Craweham in 1225, meaning the…
Place Name Named after the family of Robert de Boxeford, who was lord of the manor in these parts around…