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Lovibonds Avenue, BR6

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Place Name Named after John Locke Lovibond, of Starts Hill Farm, who in 1886, offered All Saints, the Orpington Parish…

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Holwood Park Avenue, BR6

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Place Name Named after the nearby Holwood House estate, the former home of William Pitt the Younger, who had served…

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Gladstone Road, BR6

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads in Farnborough that are named after former Prime Ministers and radicals of…

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Chartwell Drive, BR6

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Place Name Alluding to the former wartime Prime Minister William Churchill, whose home was Chartwell just outside of Westerham. He…

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Arcadian Avenue, DA5

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Place name One of a cluster of streets relating to Arcadia, a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The…

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Filed under: Bexley, Blendon and Penhill

Hastings Road, BR6

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Place Name Directional. From the late 18thCentury this was the pikeroad (toll) from London to Tunbridge Wells and on to…

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Stapleton Road, BR6

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Place Name Named after a former Lord of the Manor John Glode Stapleton, whose family were owners of Mayfield Place…

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Ambrose Close, BR6

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Place Name Named in remembrance of Mother Superior Ambrose McDonnell, the long-term administrator of St Anne’s Convent and orphanage who…

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Bishop Butt Close, BR6

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Place Name Part of the early 1980s development of the former St Anne’s and St Joseph’s Orphanage sites. It is…

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Durrant Way, BR6

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Place Name Commemorating Sergeant Thomas Frank Durrant (October 17, 1918 – March 28, 1942), of Green Street Green, who was…

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