Elmstead, Kent
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| Elmstead | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ425705 |
| Location: | 51°24’56"N, -0°3’0"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Chislehurst |
| Postcode: | BR7 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bromley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Eltham and Chislehurst |
Elmstead is a suburban village in north-western Kent, to the north-east of Bromley.
The name is recorded in 1320 as Elmsted and means 'place where elm trees grow'. The name was shared with Elmstead Place mansion and the woodland of Elmstead Wood. After the local railway station opened it took the name Elmstead Woods.[1]
About the village
Elmstead Wood has public access from Elmstead Lane and other locations.[2] It lies on the 'Green Chain walk'. Adjacent is Sundridge Park Golf Club.
Elmstead Pit, opposite the railway station, is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which has important fossils from the Eocene epoch 50 million years ago.[3][4]
Sport
- Football: F.C. Elmstead, who play at Oakley Road in Bromley.
References
- ↑ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
- ↑ Elmstead Wood, Bromley Council
- ↑ "Elmstead Pit, Natural England citation". http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003603.pdf.
- ↑ Elmstead Pit, Natural England, Nature on the Map