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and means 'farm on a rounded hill'. Little is known of its subsequent history, though it remained a rural locality until well into the 19th century. Some small-scale development occurred from 1868 following the opening of
Orpington train station, and St Paul's Church, Crofton Road was built in 1887
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for the
Farnborough and Crofton ward. In the 2011 census, the population for the Farnborough and Crofton ward was 14,632. The most common ethnic group was White British in the Farnborough and Crofton ward, measured at 90.5%, followed by Asian or British Asian (5.5%) and mixed-race (1.9%). The
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There is good bus infrastructure in
Crofton, having six daytime routes, one nighttime route and one school bus route. Buses in Crofton include bus routes 61, 208, 353, N199, R2, R3, R7 and school route 654 with connections to many towns, villages and suburbs such as
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Parliament constituency. For local council elections it forms a part of the
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The area contains two small shopping parades on
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remaining percentage was made up of Black or Black
British and other unspecified ethnic groups.
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settlement existed here from circa 140 ADs-400, with the ruins of a Roman villa forming a
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Oregon Square Open Space, with the Kelvin Parade shops at the far end
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Crofton has no railway station of its own, but east of
Crofton is
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732:"2011 Census Ward Population Estimates | London DataStore"
463:, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
682:"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007"
391:. It is about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) southeast of
707:"Map of ward boundaries | London Borough of Bromley"
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656:. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. pp. 125–6.
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814:"St Paul's Church, Crofton, Kent"
117:13.6 mi (21.9 km)
40:208 bus route at Crofton junction
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446:The name Crofton comes from
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668:"Map of Crofton Woods SSSI"
96:OS grid reference
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546:and several other areas.
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341:51.372097°N 0.07394913°E
16:Not to be confused with
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1399:St Mary's Church, Downe
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1308:High Elms Country Park
1205:Bromley Little Theatre
686:www.legislation.gov.uk
493:Demographics of London
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144:Ceremonial county
1808:Parks and open spaces
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652:Willey, Russ (2006).
563:Shops on Crofton Lane
491:Further information:
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346:51.372097; 0.07394913
1313:Jubilee Country Park
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654:The London Gazetteer
599:Crofton village sign
282:London Assembly
188:Sovereign state
1283:Crystal Palace Park
1230:Crystal Palace Bowl
1220:Crofton Roman Villa
738:on 22 February 2014
431:Crofton Roman Villa
395:. It lies south of
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711:www.bromley.gov.uk
670:. Natural England.
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1737:Ravensbourne
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1818:Public art
1757:Shortlands
1727:Petts Wood
1717:Penge West
1702:Penge East
1652:Kent House
1622:Elmers End
1562:Chelsfield
1454:tram stops
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1607:Eden Park
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1427:Beckenham
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332:0°04′26″E
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1148:Sydenham
1098:Poverest
1093:Plaistow
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1854:Commons
1823:Schools
1798:Council
1517:Bickley
1472:Anerley
1163:Widmore
1071:Ramsden
1063:Crofton
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