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Tag: Croydon

Selsdon Park Road, CR2

October 22, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Selsdon Park was originally a Tudor mansion which was sold in 1805 to George Smith MP, who resigned…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, South Croydon, streets named after buildings

Selsdon Avenue, CR2

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Place Name A street leading off the main Selsdon Road. The name Selsdon was first recorded sometime around AD880 as…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, South Croydon

Kingswood Avenue, CR2

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Place Name The local area King’s Wood does not get its name from any royal connection but rather a local…

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Filed under: Croydon, Medieval name, Sanderstead, South Croydon

Fairways, CR8

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Place Name This is one of a small cluster of streets in the area named after golfing terms, the others…

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Filed under: Croydon, Kenley, streets named after sports connections

Bensham Manor Road, CR7

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Place Name Recalling the medieval area of Benchesham, the former name of the manor that covered modern day Norbury and…

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Filed under: Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon North, Thornton Heath

Haling Grove, CR2

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PLACE NAME Early spellings of the local area have it as Hallinges in 1200 suggesting this may be the Healla’s…

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Filed under: Croydon

Croham Valley Road, CR2

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Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which was first recorded as Crawham in 1225, meaning the…

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Filed under: Croydon, Selsdon

Southbrook Road, SW16

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Place Name Descriptive. Local historian David Clark says it is named after its position, literally south of Norbury Brook which…

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Filed under: Croydon, river

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