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Oaklands Avenue, BR4

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Place Name The name, like many in this part of Bromley, on what was the Kent – Surrey border, alludes…

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Copse Avenue, BR4

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Place Name Before development the area of Spring Park, also known as Springpark Wood, was a forested area which was…

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Pickhurst Lane, BR4

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Place Name Named after a former 17thCentury mansion that stood in Hayes until it was knocked down for suburban residential…

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Addington Road, BR4

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Place Name Directional. This ancient road, which along the south eastern boundary of Spring Park, leads from West Wickham to…

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Coney Hill Road, BR4

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Place Name Named after Coney Hall a mansion built sometime around 1880 on common land that had been enclosed by…

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Blake’s Green, BR4

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Place Name Named after the former village doctor of West Wickham from the 1930s, William Blake, who was also a…

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Goodhart Way, BR4

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Place Name Named after the Goodhart family, former owners of Langley Farm, which was bought along with 250 acres of…

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Cheyne Park Drive, BR4

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Place Name Indirectly named after, the arguably more famous, Cheyne Walk, in Chelsea. Sometime around 1925 the Ancient Order of…

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Woodland Way, BR4

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Place Name This was originally an old drovers’ track known as The Driver or Drive Lane that passed through Springpark…

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Lennard Avenue, BR4

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Place Name Named after the Lennard family, who were Lords of the Manor and major property holders from 1579 when…

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