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Tag: Bexley

Blendon Drive, DA5

8 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Blendon Hall was one of Bexleyheath’s largest estates built in 1763, that stood near here. The Bladindon family…

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Filed under: Bexley, Blendon and Penhill, streets named after houses

Leckwith Avenue, DA7

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Place Name Named after a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just west of Cardiff, it is an anglicisation of the…

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Filed under: Bexley, Bexleyheath, names with a Welsh connection, roads named after towns

Chapel Road, DA7

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Place Name After the Bexleyheath Congregational Church, a Baptist Chapel erected on the corner of Market Place and Chapel Road…

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Filed under: Bexley, Bexleyheath

Barnehurst Road, DA7

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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, Bexleyheath

Arcadian Close, DA5

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

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Filed under: Bexley, Blendon and Penhill

Little Heath Road, DA7

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Place Name After Nuxley Heath, which is also known as Little Heath. Nuxley, which means a small hill on a…

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Filed under: Bexley

Merewood Road, DA7

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Place Name Meaning lake wood. W H Wedlock Ltd, the builders named many roads after Lake District locations. The firm…

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Filed under: Bexley, Cumbria

Nurstead Road, DA8

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Place Name One of a cluster of streets named after Kent villages. Nurstead comes from the Old English hnutu meaning…

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Filed under: Bexley, cluster, Erith, Kent villages, Northumberland Heath

Defoe Close, DA8

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Place Name Daniel Defoe (1660 – April 24, 1731) the celebrated author of Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719 and regarded…

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Filed under: author, Bexley, Robinson Crusoe

Alfred Road, DA17

7 September 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Alfred (August 6, 1844 – July 30, 1900) was patron of the Seamen’s Home, in Belvedere, which…

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Filed under: assassination, Belvedere, Bexley, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria, Royal Navy, streets named after royals

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