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Tag: Bexley

Barnehurst Avenue, DA8

24 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the Barne family and in particular Colonel Frederick Barne, chairman of the Bexleyheath Railway Company. The…

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Filed under: Barnehurst, Bexley, Erith

Barnehurst Close, DA8

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Place Name Takes its name from the local area which was named after the Barne family and in particular Colonel…

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Filed under: Barnehurst, Bexley, Bexleyheath and Crayford, Colyers, post-war

Cumberland Avenue, DA16

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads named after contemporary and archaic English and Scottish counties. The others are…

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Filed under: Bexley, cluster, Falconwood and Welling, Welling

Hengist Road, DA8

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Place Name Hengist, the name is Old English and means Stallion, who along with his brother Horsa (Horse), was hired…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bexley, Dark Ages, Erith, Northumberland Heath

Bognor Road, DA16

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Place name Bognor Regis is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England. The…

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Filed under: Bexley, cluster, roads named after towns, streets named after seaside towns, Welling, West Heath

The Drive, DA5

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Place name One of a number of streets in the area built in the 1930s on the site of the…

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Filed under: Bexley, Blendon and Penhill, D C Bowyer, streets named after former use

Abbey Road, DA17

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Place Name Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci the Chief Justiciar of England and first Canon…

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Filed under: Belvedere, Bexley, streets named after religious houses

Cleve Road, DA14

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Place Name Bourchier Cleve (1715 – 1760) was a London pewter manufacturer and writer on finance who in 1755 commissioned…

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Filed under: Bexley, Foots Cray, Sidcup

Darwin Road, DA16

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Place Name Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882), was the naturalist, geologist and biologist, famous for…

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Filed under: Bexley, cluster, Falconwood and Welling, streets named after Edinburgh graduates, streets named after scientists, Welling

Wenvoe Road, DA7

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Place Name The name Wenvoe is the Anglicised form of the Welsh name Gwenfô (thought to mean fair) that was…

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Filed under: Bexley, Bexleyheath, names with a Welsh connection

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