Barnhurst Path
Possibly named after Barnehurst Golf Club, founded in 1903, in Barnehurst, Bexley (Kent), England.
The 1896 map shows what was here before the estate. Drag the round handle to compare it with today.
The name
Barnhurst Path may take its name from Barnehurst Golf Club. A golf club was set up in 1903 in the grounds of May Place, a manor house of about 1480 whose site the clubhouse now occupies.
Where the club's facts come from: Inventory Site Record: Barnehurst Golf Course (Bexley), London Gardens Trust.
How sure we are of the match: Possible
The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.
We have not yet found anything written about this street itself. If you know when it was built or who first lived there, that would help.
Close by
Buildings
- Greenfields Primary School 130 m
- Oxhey Woods Local Nature Reserve 210 m
- The Grapevine (site) 230 m
- St Martin's Church, Muirfield Road 340 m
- Prestwick Road Meadows 350 m
Ancient woods
- Oxhey Woods, central part (Ashen Spring) 210 m
- Oxhey Woods, southern part (Abbott's Wood and Nanscot Wood) 220 m
- Oxhey Woods, central part (Beck Mason's Wood) 540 m
Walk stops
- Nanscot Wood 280 m
Oxhey Woods walk - Abbott's Wood 410 m
Oxhey Woods walk - The Dick Whittington 540 m
Schools, churches and shops walk
Distances are in a straight line from a point on the street.