Berry's Green a small hamlet in the

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, UK. It is a fairly wooded rural area with a scattering of farmland. Housing consists mainly of detached properties, mostly bungalows, with a row of local authority cottages and a static

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site. It is part of the largest ward in Greater London, Darwin (ward), which covers a very rural area, including Downe, Cudham, Leaves Green, Single Street, Luxted, and Westerham Hill.

Partial History

Lord Simon de Manning, a former Lord of the Manor for

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and holder of the land which became Berry's Green, was a Grandson of Rudolph de Manning,

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, (who married Elgida, aunt to King Harold I of England), (Harold Harefoot); he was the royal

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to King Richard the Lionheart, and carried the royal Standard to Jerusalem in 1190, during the

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. In England, the forms Earl

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and Palatine Earldom are preferred. On early maps, the area and Berry's Green Farm are each spelt as "Bury's Green". On the junction of Jail Lane and Berry's Hill is a small wood, with a large

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bomb crater. This may have been caused by a V-2 rocket as it is almost the same distance from Germany as the last known V-2, which was dropped in Kynaston Rd, Orpington. Many of the V-2s fell short of London towards the end of the war. There are also a number of smaller bomb craters scattered around the surrounding woodlands, due to its proximity to Biggin Hill airfield. Berry's Green is home to the Cherry Lodge Golf Course, which opened in 1968. The land there is approximately 600 ft. above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a sub-post office on the corner of Single Street and Jail Lane which sold provisions, such as bread, milk, sweets, and crisps. Mains sewerage was installed around 1973.

Transport

Buses

*R8 to Biggin Hill or Orpington. Operated by Go Ahead London for

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Rail

The nearest

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station is

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located 4.5 miles away. Orpington railway station is approximately 5.1 miles away. {{LB Bromley Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Bromley Hamlets in the London Borough of Bromley