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Tag: Bromley

Anerley Hill, SE19

10 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally part of Anerley Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland, streets named after the landscape

Anerley Station Road, SE20

9 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Station Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern…

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Filed under: Bromley, name change, Penge and Cator, Railway

Downe Avenue, TN14

30 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The village of Downe, of which this street is named, was first mentioned as Dona in 1283, from…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bromley, Darwin

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR2

24 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Filed under: Bromley, river, River Ravensbourne, Shortlands and Park Langley, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR3

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Filed under: Bromley, Bromley Town, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Pickwick Way, BR7

1 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told as a part work –…

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Filed under: Bromley, Charles Dickens, Chislehurst, cluster, dickens, streets named after fictional characters

Yester Drive, BR7

29 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was laid out on Yester Park, a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate,…

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Filed under: Bromley, Chislehurst, names with a Celtic origin, Scotland

Yester Road, BR7

28 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was laid out on Yester Park, a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate,…

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Filed under: Bromley, Chislehurst, names with a Celtic origin, Scotland

Beckenham Place Park, BR3

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Place Name Beckenham Place is the Palladian-style Grade II* Georgian mansion set in 96 hectares of stunning parkland which was…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Beckenham, Bromley, Bromley Town, Cator

Beckenham Lane, BR2

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Place Name Directional, the road leading form Bromley to Beckenham. Beckenham was first recorded in the Anglo Saxon charter as…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bromley, Bromley Town

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