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Greville Avenue, CR2

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Place Name Named after Mabel Greville, the great-granddaughter of George Smith, the East India Company director who turned Selsdon Park…

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Florence Road, CR2

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Place Name This street along with neighbouring Norman Avenue were named after the children of a local builder called Kendall,…

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Cowley Close, CR2

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Place Name Named after the former owner of Heathfield Lodge, Samuel Norman Cowley, a successful cloth and linen merchant, whose…

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Selsdon Road, CR2

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Place Name Directional. First recorded sometime around AD880 as Selesdune this was named after a Saxon – or possibly a…

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Sandpiper Road, CR2

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Place Name This is on the Selsdon Vale estate laid out between 1960 and 1972. However development of this area…

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Sanderstead Court Avenue, CR2

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Place Name Named after the local village of Sanderstead which means literally a sandy place or homestead. Its origins go…

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Purley Downs Road, CR2

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Place Name The name Purley means a wood with pear trees and was first recorded in 1200 as Pirlee and…

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Old Farleigh Road, CR2

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Place Name This is an ancient Iron Age track that led from the Sussex ironfields via Farleigh, Titsey and Limpsfield…

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Mitchley Grove, CR2

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Place Name Named after Mitchley Wood – or Mitcherley Wood as it was recorded in 1843 – in Sanderstead. Mitchley…

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Kingswood Way, CR2

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Place Name The local area King’s Wood does not get its name from any royal connection but rather a local…

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