Place name Steyne comes from the Old English stoene, meaning a stony place and ton from tün meaning farmstead or…
Place name This was Bexley’s second road, used as an alternative to the main thoroughfare in days before paving and…
Place Name The name gives a clue to the area’s agricultural past. The Shuttle is a reference to the nearby…
Place Name Named after the Reverend Benjamin Huntington, the former vicar of Bexley Church, who left money for the “handsome…
Place Name Named after the former country house Bridgen Place, which was built in the 1770s by William Cope and…
Place Name Built on the estate of Parkhurst House, the name itself means the enclosed wooded hill. Development of the…
Place Name Named after the manor house Hall Place which was built for Sir John Champenys, a former Lord Mayor…
Place name By the 15thCentury, a small industry was established making bricks in Tile Kiln Lane, the furnace was owned…
Place Name Named after Oxford University which was bequeathed land around Bexley by then historian William Camden (May 2, 1551…
Place Name Named after William Camden (May 2, 1551 – November 9, 1623) an antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best…