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This
view looks north over the
London to Sevenoaks Railway
(in the deep cutting running
bottom right to middle left).
It shows suburban Chelsfield
- the ancient village centre
is almost a mile to the east.
Most of Chelsfield's
suburban development dates
from the 1930s, though there
has been subsequent infill
such as on the site of what
was Orpington Secondary School
(the large field in the centre
of the view).
This view shows
two significant transport
links: the railway (the
line dates from 1865 and
Chelmsfield station from
1868), and the Orpington
bypass of the 1920s. |
