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Walnut Tree Road, DA8

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Place Name Walnut Tree House, most likely named after a nearby tree, which stood on the site of Erith Town…

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Wheelock Close, DA8

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Place Name This road is named after a former councillor Anne Wheelock, who had been a governor of North Heath Primary…

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Pier Road, DA8

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Place Name Directional. Leading to Erith Pier which opened on August 22, 1842 for pleasure steamers which used to bring crowds from…

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Northumberland Park, DA8

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Place Name Named after the heath north of the humber, which is Old English for stream in Erith which has…

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Selkirk Drive, DA8

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Place Name Alexander Selkirk (1676 – December 13, 1721) was a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific…

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Mill Road, DA8

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Place Name Named after John Dann’s windmill in Erith which stood on the corner of St Paul’s Road and Charlieville…

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Maxim Road, DA8

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Place Name Industrial heritage. After Sir Hiram Maxim (February 5, 1840 – November 24, 1916), a famous local inventor best…

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Athol Road, DA8

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Place name Recalling John of Strathbogie (c. 1266 – November 7, 1306), the 9th Earl of Atholl who was Lord of…

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Appold Street, DA8

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Place name Industrial heritage. Appold Street, Erith, was named in reference to the engineering firm Easton & Anderson who made the…

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Lavernock Road, DA7

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Place Name Named after the coastal hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan seven miles south of Cardiff. Developer Frederick Rowland Absalom who…

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