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JANUARY
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2021
Knockholt station is two miles from the village of the same name.

Knockholt itself is split into two areas, Knockholt village and Knockholt Pound. The unusual distance of the station from the village is due to a potential name confusion with Halstead in Essex - the nearest village to the station is Halstead, Kent. Hence the railway company deciding to name it unusually. Hayes, Kent (Hayes, Middlesex) and Farnborough, Kent (Farnborough, Hampstead) have caused equal confusion over the years but this didn’t seem to matter so much.

Knockholt is also rather unusual in that it spent from 1965 to 1969 within the boundary of Greater London but a local petition successfully moved the area back into Kent.

Knockholt inspired local resident Edith Nesbitt to set her children’s classic The Railway Children here. The station dates from 1876 when it was opened as ’Halstead for Knockholt’, being renamed simply ’Knockholt’ on 1 October 1900. Between 1887 and 1915, a twice daily bus service operated between Knockholt village and the station.




Main source: Londonist - Things to see and do in London
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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Knockholt Knockholt station is two miles from the village of the same name.

NEARBY STREETS
Arden Cottages, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
Birchwood Lane, TN14 Birchwood Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Blueberry Lane, TN14 Blueberry Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Bond Close, TN14 Bond Close is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Brasted Lane, TN14 Brasted Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Burlings Lane, TN14 Burlings Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Cadlocks Hill, TN14 Cadlocks Hill is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Chevening Lane, TN14 Chevening Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Chine Farm Place, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
Church Approach, TN14 Church Approach is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Cudham Lane North, TN14 Cudham Lane North is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Cudham Lane South, TN14 Cudham Lane South is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Cudham Lane, TN14 Cudham Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Cudham Park Road, TN14 Cudham Park Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Deerleap Lane, TN14 Deerleap Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Downe Avenue, TN14 Downe Avenue is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Downe Road, TN14 Downe Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Elmtree Cottages, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
Halstead Lane, TN14 Halstead Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Harrow Road, TN14 Harrow Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Hazelwood Road, TN14 Hazelwood Road is name for Hazel Wood - an area of woodland
Hewitt’s Roundabout, BR6 Hewitt’s Roundabout is a road in the BR6 postcode area
Hewitt’s Roundabout, BR6 Hewitt’s Roundabout is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Hewitts Road, BR6 Hewitts Road is a road in the BR6 postcode area
Hillside Farm, BR6 Hillside Farm is a former farm of some 115 acres (Knockholt)
Hunters Walk, TN14 Hunters Walk is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Ivy Lane, TN14 Ivy Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Lord Darby Mews, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode
Mace Lane, TN14 Mace Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Main Road, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
Meadow Farm, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
New Barn Lane, TN14 New Barn Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area
New Years Lane, TN14 New Years Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
New Years Lane, TN14 New Years Lane is a road in the BR6 postcode area (Knockholt)
Newbarn Lane, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode
Perrys Lane, BR6 Perrys Lane is a road in the BR6 postcode area (Knockholt)
Post House, TN14 Post House can be found on Cudham Lane South
Pound Lane, TN14 Pound Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Randle’s Lane, TN14 Randle’s Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Randles Lane, TN14 A street within the TN14 postcode (Knockholt)
Rushmore Hill, TN14 Rushmore Hill is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Sevenoaks Road, TN14 Sevenoaks Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Shelleys Lane, TN14 Shelleys Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Single’s Cross Lane, TN14 Single’s Cross Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Snag Lane, TN14 Snag Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Spinney Way, TN14 Spinney Way is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Stonehouse Lane, TN14 Stonehouse Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Stonehouse Lane, TN14 Stonehouse Lane is a road in the BR6 postcode area (Knockholt)
Stonehouse Road, TN14 Stonehouse Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Stoneings Lane, TN14 Stoneings Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Stubbs Hill, TN14 Stubbs Hill is a road in the BR6 postcode area (Knockholt)
Stubbs Hill, TN14 Stubbs Hill is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Thrift Lane, TN14 Thrift Lane is a road in the TN14 postcode area
Washneys Road, BR6 Washneys Road is a road in the BR6 postcode area (Knockholt)
Watercroft Road, TN14 Watercroft Road is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Waylands Close, TN14 Waylands Close is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)
Wheatsheaf Hill, TN14 Wheatsheaf Hill is a road in the TN14 postcode area (Knockholt)

NEARBY PUBS
Three Horseshoes The Three Horseshoes is one of two pubs in Knockholt Pound.


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