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Biggin Hill is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, about 15.2 miles (24.5 km) south-southeast of Charing Cross. It is separated from London's built-up area by the Metropolitan green belt and is located adjacent to the Greater London boundary with Kent and Surrey .
Crofton Roman Villa in Crofton, Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, is a Roman villa which was inhabited between approximately 140 and 400 AD. It was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres (200 ha), with farm buildings nearby, surrounded by fields, meadows and woods.
Biggin Hill is immediately to the north. The boundary with Kent is less than 1 ⁄ 2 mile to the east. Tatsfield is covered by the Westerham post town, meaning Tatsfield's postal county was Kent. Since 1996, the postal county has not been required in postal addresses. Map showing the position of Tatsfield in Tandridge
The south face here is in Kent. [2] Historically, South Street’s main crops were strawberries, which were sold at Covent Garden; and grass for grazing (pasture) and haymaking. Livestock, including sheep and cattle, was another main source of agricultural income. A horse show was held and a stud farm previously existed in the area. [2]
The name Crofton comes from Old English and means 'farm on a rounded hill'. [1] Little is known of its subsequent history, though it remained a rural locality until well into the 19th century. [ 1 ] Some small-scale development occurred from 1868 following the opening of Orpington train station, and St Paul's Church, Crofton Road was built in ...
Coney Hall is an area of Greater London, within the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Kent. It is located south of Hayes , west of Keston , north of Nash, and east of West Wickham of which it is usually considered a part.
Hildenborough is only ten miles from RAF Biggin Hill, an important airfield and a Sector headquarters co-ordinating airfields in Kent. Other airfields under Biggin Hill were at Gravesend some fifteen miles away and night fighters were at West Malling ten miles away.
Cudham and Biggin Hill would have been around Jail Lane. The first true station with goods services, Westerham Hill, would have been in South Street (the actual hill is away to the south). Here, the line would have turned west to the second true station at Tatsfield. The fact that two out of three of the true stations proposed for the line were ...