Place:Downe, Kent, England

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NameDowne
Alt namesDownsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeDistrict
Located inKent, England
Also located inGreater London, England    
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Downe is a village in the London Borough of Bromley in London, UK.

Downe is south west of Orpington and south east of Charing Cross. Downe lies on a hill, and much of the centre of the village is unchanged; the former village school now acts as the village hall. The word Downe originates from the Anglosaxon word doon, latterly down, hence the South and North Downs.

When Charles Darwin moved there in 1842, the village was known as Down. Its name was changed later to Downe.

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