Swanley

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Archer Way

12/14 subsidence. in 1999 in the rear gardens. This was said to be a denehole. A shaft. estimated to be up to 70 ft. deep was filled with concrete.

Downsview Close.  

Subsidence in the 1980s in a public open space

Swanley Horticultural College.

1889 private company but became charitable and non profit making in order to get grants KCC tried to buy in 1897 and eventually bought it in 1947. Requisitioned in the war. Replaced in 1968. The Bessemer Saloon was in the college and was destroyed in bombing although locals 'rescued' fragments

White Oak ophthalmic hospital

Transferred from Metropolitan Asylums Board to London County Council


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