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A mix of 1970s and 1950s housing. Old maps suggest that the latter... (more)

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1970s housing in a road originally developed in the 1950s.

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1950s development of mainly bungalows.

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1950s bungalows with part of the 1970s Place Farm Estate in the background.

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Part of the 1970s Place Farm Estate.

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Part of the 1970s Place Farm Estate.

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1930s semis, with part of a bungalow on the right.

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A mix of semi detached and detached houses dating from immediately before... (more)

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1970s development off Crofton Lane, named after neighbouring Sparrow Wood.

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A tree lined interwar development with large detached houses, each of a... (more)

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1930s housing.

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1970s development off Crofton Lane, named after neighbouring Sparrow Wood.

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A development of bungalows off St Thomas' Drive. Maps suggest that... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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Seen here at its junction with Crofton Lane. The bus is on Route 208... (more)

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A development of semi detached and detached houses off St Thomas'... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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A development of semi detached and detached houses off Crofton Lane. Maps... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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Daffodils planted in the form of a cross in front of St Johns URC. For a... (more)

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The first church on this site was opened in 1930, as a Presbyterian... (more)

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Around 1910 the area at the top of Knoll Rise was set up as a golf... (more)

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1930s semis on Crofton Lane.

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A development of bungalows off Monks Way (in the foreground), backing... (more)

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An open bus station on the east side of Orpington Station at the top of... (more)

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The junction of Crofton Avenue with Crofton Road. To add further to the... (more)

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1970s development off Crofton Lane, named after neighbouring Sparrow... (more)

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1970s development off Crofton Lane, named after neighbouring Sparrow Wood.

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A development of bungalows off Crofton Lane, backing onto Roundabout Wood... (more)

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Homesdale Road, along with its immediate neighbour Beaumont Road and its... (more)

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1960s housing off Tubbenden Lane. Sherlies was the name of a country... (more)

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An old route from Orpington to Farnborough. In the background is the... (more)

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A small newsagents on Station Road. The building was originally the... (more)

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Foundation stone in Anbu's Convenience Store in Station Road - see... (more)

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An old route from Orpington to Farnborough. The wall and line of trees... (more)

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a short close built in the 1960s(?) off Mayfield Avenue.

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1980s development off Crofton Road - earlier maps show a more typical... (more)

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Part of the Sandycroft Estate built around 1970 between Crofton Lane and... (more)

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An old route from Orpington to Farnborough, seen here at its junction... (more)

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1930s houses. The name of the road commemorates John Ruskin's... (more)

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Lucerne Road was laid out around 1910, as part of the development of the... (more)

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A row of local shops in Fordwich Close on the Sandycroft Estate, an... (more)

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Entrance to the Memorial Garden at St Paul's Church, Crofton. The... (more)

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Consecrated in 1959, replacing an earlier building dating from 1888. In... (more)

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St Kilda Road connects Stanley Road with Broxbourne Road, and presumably... (more)

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An old route from Orpington to Farnborough, seen here at its junction... (more)

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St Kilda Road connects Stanley Road with Broxbourne Road, and presumably... (more)

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This cul-de-sac was built in around 1910 on land which was formerly part... (more)

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