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Orpington history
Stone Age tools have been found in several areas of Orpington, including Goddington Park, Priory Gardens, the Ramsden estate, and Poverest. During the building of Ramsden Boys School in 1956, the remains of an Iron Age farmstead were excavated.
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The Parish Church
The Parish Church is All Saints Church which stands upon pre-Norman foundations . Mentioned in the Domesday Book, it is Early English in style, but some Saxon work is still visible . The present Vicar is the Reverend George Rogers .
The Priory
Christ Church Priory is a medieval hall house in Orpedingetune, Canterbury . The first Rector of Orpington, Hugh de Mortimer, held court here in 1270 . The house was rebuilt in 1290, this time in stone, and extended in 1393 and 1471 .
Priory Gardens
The Grade II listed Priory Gardens were designed by the last private owners of The Priory, Cecil and Lilian Hughes . Each year the Orpington May Queen is crowned in the gardens .
Orpington Hospital
During the First World War a large military hospital, the “16th Canadian General”, was built south-east of the station . It originally accommodated 1,050 patients; an extra wing was added in 1917 . By January 1919 more than 25,000 wounded soldiers had been treated here .
Orpington War Memorial
Orpington War Memorial is focal point for Remembrance Sunday . It was designed by local architect Charles Heaton Comyn and unveiled on 28 August 1921 . It originally contained the names of 111 local men who died in the Great War .
Canadian Corner
The Memorial Cross in Canadian Corner was unveiled in 1921 in the presence of the High Commissioner for Canada . The name derives from the fact 88 of those buried are Canadians . It was the first Canadian Memorial to be unveiled outside of the Western Front .
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Orpington’s tourist destinations available in Walkfo travel guide to Orpington
● Chislehurst Junction ● Jubilee Country Park ● The Daylight Inn ● Petts Wood ● Crofton Wood ● Orpington Hospital ● Goddington ● Chelsfield ● Hewitt’s Chalk Bank ● Pratt’s Bottom ● Ramsden, Orpington ● Orpington ● Crofton Roman Villa ● Farnborough, London ● High Elms Country Park ● Orpington engine shed ● Broom Hill, London ● 2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash ● Bromley Rural District ● Locksbottom ● Poverest ● Fordcroft Anglo-Saxon cemetery ● Derry Downs ● St Mary Cray ● Princess Royal University Hospital ● St Paul’s Cray ● Orpington Urban District ● The Bull, St Paul’s Cray ● Kevington, London ● The Warren, Bromley
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When travelling to Orpington, Walkfo’s has created a travel guide & Orpington overview of Orpington’s hotels & accommodation, Orpington’s weather through the seasons & travel destinations / landmarks in Orpington. Experience a unique Orpington when you travel with Walkfo as your tour guide to Orpington map.
