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Eden Way, BR3

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Place Name Named after William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (April 3, 1745 – May 28, 1814) who retired to Beckenham…

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Crease Park, BR3

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Place Name Named after a local alderman on the Beckenham Urban District Council, James Crease, a Second Substitute Charter Mayor,…

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Clement Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after Clement Ravenscroft who took over management of the Birkbeck Bank on his father Francis’s death in…

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Brograve Gardens, BR3

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Place Name This street name remembers the Brograve family, whose 200 year connection with the Kelsey Manor estate began in…

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Blakeney Road, BR3

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Place Name Named in honour of Elizabeth Margaret Blakeney who married local landowner and developer Albemarle Cator on April 24,…

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Birkbeck Road, BR3

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Place Name Constructed sometime after 1870 to take advantage of the railway line to the area, completed 14 years earlier.…

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Forster Road, BR3

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Place Name Named after Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster (January 31, 1866 – January 15, 1936) whose political career…

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Aldersmead Road, BR3

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Place Name Prior to development in the late 19thCentury this area was agricultural land belonging to Kent House Farm, which…

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Cherry Orchard Road, BR2

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Place Name Originally called Plough Lane, at least until the First World War, this road led to the Plough Inn…

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Whitebeam Avenue, BR2

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Place Name One of a small cluster of roads, on the former Coppice Estate, named after trees. Before development this…

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