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Tugela Road, CR0

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Place Name Named after the Battle of Tugela Heights, which ran from February 14 until February 27, 1900 during the Second…

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Trojan Way, CR0

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Place Name Named after Trojan Ltd, a British car maker which operated from a plant in Croydon from the 1920s…

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Temple Avenue, CR0

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Place Name Named after Sir Purbeck Temple, a member of the Privy Council at the time of Charles II, who…

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Shirley Way, CR0

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Place Name Named after the local area it means bright woodland, without a forest canopy blocking the light. It has…

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Selhurst Place, CR0

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Place Name A reference to the nearby area of Selhurst. Selherst was first recorded in 1229 meaning a willow woodland.…

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Radcliffe Road, CR0

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Place Name Named after Emilius Henry Delme Radcliffe, who acquired the Addiscombe estate sometime around 1778 from Charles Clark. Radcliffe…

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Outram Road, CR0

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Place Name Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram (January 29, 1803 – March 11, 1863) was a commander serving with the British…

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Langton Way, CR0

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Place Name Named after Thomas Langton (died January 27, 1501) who had been elected as Archbishop of Canterbury just five…

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Heron Road, CR0

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Place Name Named after the Heron family, who held Addiscombe as a large country estate during the Tudor period. East…

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Godric Crescent, CR0

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Place Name Named after Godric Manor. Godric was a Saxon landowner, who held the land in the time of Edward…

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