Green Street Green

Green Street Green is a locality in the London Borough of Bromley at gbmapping|TQ455635. It forms part of the Orpington post town. The nearest railway station is Chelsfield railway station, to the north east. The name originates from "La Grenestrete" c.1290, meaning "the green or grassy hamlet". It is recorded as "Greenstreet Green" in 1819, the addition of the suffix "Green", referring to a village green. Green Street Green primary school is located in the area [Mills, A., "Dictionary of London Place Names", (2001)] The village did not historically form a parish of its own, instead forming part of the parishes of Farnborough and Chelsfield. [Bartholomew, J., "Gazetteer of the British Isles", (1887)]

Notable residents

*Gary Rhodes Fact|date=November 2007
*Laura Goldthorpe Fact|date=January 2008

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