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Green Street Green is a locality in the London Borough of Bromley at grid reference TQ455635. It forms part of the Orpington post town. The nearest railway station is Chelsfield railway station, to the north east. The name originates from La Grenestrete c.1290, meaning the green or grassy hamlet. It is recorded as Greenstreet Green in 1819, the addition of the suffix Green, referring to a village green. Green Street Green primary school is located in the area[1] The village did not historically form a parish of its own, instead forming part of the parishes of Farnborough and Chelsfield.[2]
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- ^ Mills, A., Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
- ^ Bartholomew, J., Gazetteer of the British Isles, (1887)
