Single Street

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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| map_type = Greater London

| region = London

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| static_image_caption = Single Street, looking north from junction with Berry's Hill (to the right) and Jail Lane (to the left)

| population =

| official_name = Single Street

| post_town = WESTERHAM

| postcode_area = TN

| postcode_district = TN16

| dial_code = 01959

| london_borough = Bromley

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Single Street is a hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, located between Luxted and Berry's Green,Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 443. and centred around a street of the same name. The first record of a settlement under the name 'Single Street' is from an Ordnance Survey map in 1871,{{cite web|title=Single Street|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/single-street/|website=Hidden London|accessdate=23 January 2017}} but its name is derived from sengel, an Old English word meaning 'burnt clearing'.

Situated around 1 mile from both the Kent and Surrey borders, it is part of the largest ward in Greater London, Darwin (ward), covering a rural area including Downe, Cudham, Leaves Green, Berry's Green, and Westerham Hill.

History

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Lord Simon de Manning, a former Lord of the Manor for Kevington, London, (which included Single Street, Downe, Cudham, Luxted, and Berry's Green), and grandson to Rudolf de Manning, (Count Palatine), (who married Elgida, aunt to King Harold 1, (Harold Harefoot), of England, was the royal Standard Bearer to King Richard the Lionheart. He carried the Royal Standard to Jerusalem, in 1190, during the First Crusade.

In England, the forms Earl Palatine, and Palatine Earldom, are preferred.

Notable residents

  • Nigel Farage MP, leader of Reform UK, former MEP and former chairman of EFDD in the European Parliament.{{cite web|title=Surrey County Council - MEP details - Nigel Farage MEP|url=https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=458|website=Surrey County Council|accessdate=23 January 2017}}

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