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Roads of Hartley - Caxton Close (DA3 7DG, DA3 7DL, DA3 7DP) Last updated 16.11.08

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From Woodland Avenue entrance

New houses on former allotments

Houses by railway

Houses by railway

Houses under construction (2005).

Caxton Close was begun in 1976, hence the name as this year was the 500th anniversary of Caxton setting up his printing press in England.  The road is part of the Wellfield Estate, and approximately half of the houses are owned by the West Kent Housing Association and half are in private ownership.

The road was built partly on land that had been part of the Payne and Trapps, but the eastern part overlies part of Gorsewood.  Caxton Close is laid out very differently from the way Payne and Trapps envisaged - their estate plan has a road "Porchester Crescent" running off a longer Merton Avenue (see outline of road on German Aerial photo of 1940). However as long ago as 1960 Dartford Rural District Council had other ideas for the development of this part of Hartley, which included their compulsorily purchasing the land. They also did not like the planned Porchester Crescent, wanting to "introduce some variation by way of curved streets and incidental open spaces to avoid the dull monotomy of the layout as originally proposed."

Links
Map at Multimap.com (includes link to aerial photo)
Profile (a) DA3 7DG; (b) DA3 7DL; (c) DA3 7DP at www.upmystreet.co.uk
Nethouse Prices (free details of sales since 2000)

Details of the history of the houses are set out below. Because the road bears no relation to the way Payne & Trapps laid out the estate in the early 1900s, the identification of the plot numbers is a bit of an inexact science.

House No	Notes
West Side
Woodlands Avenue	.
1
3
5
7	Part plot 283 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
9
11
13
15
Side Road
17	Part plots 279 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell; part plot 280 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 October 1908 by William Edward Matthews
19	Part plots 279 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell; part plot 280 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 October 1908 by William Edward Matthews
21	Part plots 279 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
41	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
43	Part plots 181 and 182 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
45	Part plot 182 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
47	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
49	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
51	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
53	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
55	Part plot 180 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 August 1906 by William Charles Bradley
57	Part plot 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown; part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
59	Part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
61	Part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
63	Part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
65	Part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
67	Part plots 277 and 278 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell
2nd Side road
69	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
71	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
73	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
75	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
77	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
79	Part plots 274 and 275 Payne & Trapps Estate, original owner unknown
81	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
83	Part plots 270-271 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
85	Part plots 270-271 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
87	Part plots 270-271 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
89
91	Part plot 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng
93	Part plot 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng
95	Part plots 264 and 265 Payne & Trapps Estate
97	Part plot 264 Payne & Trapps Estate
99	Part plots 263 and 269 Payne & Trapps Estate
101
103	Part plots 263 and 266 Payne & Trapps Estate (plot 266 bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng)
105	Part plots 263 and 266 Payne & Trapps Estate (plot 266 bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng)
107	Part plots 263 and 266 Payne & Trapps Estate (plot 266 bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng)
109	Part plots 263 and 266 Payne & Trapps Estate (plot 266 bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng)
111	Part plots 263 and 266 Payne & Trapps Estate (plot 266 bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng)
113	Part plots 267 and 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng; part plot 269; part plots 270-271 bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
115	Part plots 267 and 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng; part plot 269; part plots 270-271 bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
117	Part plots 267 and 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng; part plot 269; part plots 270-271 bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
119	Part plots 267 and 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng; part plot 269; part plots 270-271 bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
121	Part plots 267 and 268 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 21 September 1906 by Charles Lyng; part plot 269; part plots 270-271 bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
123	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
125	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
127	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
129	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
131	Part plots 272 and 273 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 6 June 1907 by Thomas Scarman
133	(part) formerly Gorsewood
135	(part) formerly Gorsewood
137	(part) formerly Gorsewood
139	(part) formerly Gorsewood
141	(part) formerly Gorsewood
143	formerly Gorsewood
145	formerly Gorsewood
147	formerly Gorsewood
149	formerly Gorsewood
151	formerly Gorsewood
153	formerly Gorsewood
East Side
Woodland Avenue
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18	Part plot 281 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell; (part) formerly Gorsewood
20	part plot 280 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 October 1908 by William Edward Matthews; part plot 281 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 3 March 1911 by Charles Henry Dobell; (part) formerly Gorsewood
22	part plot 280 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 October 1908 by William Edward Matthews; (part) formerly Gorsewood
24	part plot 280 Payne & Trapps Estate, bought 14 October 1908 by William Edward Matthews; (part) formerly Gorsewood
26	formerly Gorsewood
28	formerly Gorsewood
30	formerly Gorsewood
32	formerly Gorsewood
Side Road
34	formerly Gorsewood
36	formerly Gorsewood
38	formerly Gorsewood
40	formerly Gorsewood
42	formerly Gorsewood
44	formerly Gorsewood
46	formerly Gorsewood
48	formerly Gorsewood
50	formerly Gorsewood
52	formerly Gorsewood
54	formerly Gorsewood
56	formerly Gorsewood
58	formerly Gorsewood
60	formerly Gorsewood
62	formerly Gorsewood
64	formerly Gorsewood
66	formerly Gorsewood
68	formerly Gorsewood
70	formerly Gorsewood
72	formerly Gorsewood
74	formerly Gorsewood
76	formerly Gorsewood
78	formerly Gorsewood
80	formerly Gorsewood
82	formerly Gorsewood
84	formerly Gorsewood
86	formerly Gorsewood
88	formerly Gorsewood
90	formerly Gorsewood
92	formerly Gorsewood
94	formerly Gorsewood
96	formerly Gorsewood