Place Name In 1933 developer E O’Sullivan opened the The Blue Lagoon lido, off Cray Avenue. This privately operated open…
Place Name This road was laid out on land that had previously belonged to the church of St Mary’s Cray,…
Place Name This street gets its name from old Hundred, a term used for administrative districts from Anglo-Saxon times until…
Place Name The name comes from the French de la pré, meaning in or of the meadow. The road is…
Place Name Named after Athelstan the first Anglo-Saxon ruler who was recognised as King of All England. He was crowned…
Place Name Named in honour of William Willett (August 10, 1856 – March 4, 1915), the tireless campaigner for daylight…
Place Name Directional. The name Chelsfield was first recorded, spelt Chilesfield, in the Domesday survey of 1086. It probably means…
Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block Tsarist Russia’s…
Place Name Named after Phineas Pett (November 1, 1570 – August 1647) a famous Woolwich shipwright and First Resident Commissioner…
Place Name Named after the Box Tree Inn, which operated from Petty Cottage in the hamlet of Ramsden before licensing…