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Oakhouse Avenue, DA7

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Place Name Named after the former villa that was built here in around 1816. Neil Malcolm of Lamorbey was given…

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Nursery Close, DA7

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Place Name Until its development in the 1930s much of the land surrounding Bexleyheath was agriculture and this road’s name…

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Long Lane, DA7

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Place Name Literal. An ancient route that runs from Bexleyheath to Bostall Heath. It remained largely undeveloped until the 1930s,…

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Kipling Road, DA7

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Place Name Named after Henry Kipling, vicar of Plumstead and East Wickham, who inherited the manor farm of Plumstead from…

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Cannon Road, DA7

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Place Name Named after Stephen Cannon, who from 1894 – 1896 was the first chairman of the newly-formed Urban District…

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Bristow Road, DA7

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Place Name Named after Henry John Bristow, chairman of Bexley Local Board, from 1889 – 1894. The Board had been…

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Belvedere Road, DA7

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Place Name Directional. Takes its name from an old mansion built sometime around 1740, and comes from the Old French…

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Barry Avenue, DA7

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Place Name Named after the town in the Vale of Glamorgan by the builder Frederick Rowland Absalom who originally came from…

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Three Corners, DA7

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Place Name This street name recalls the former Three Corner Wood that was here until the area was developed in…

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Midfield Parade, DA7

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Place Name This was developed in 1928 as part of the Barnehurst Estate development that had begun two years previously,…

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