QUIZ 6

Beckenham Quiz Walk - Answers

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1) How far is it to London Bridge?
10¼ miles (X is Roman for 10, there are 8 furlongs in a mile)

2) What did Anthony Rawlins provide?
Three almshouses for the poor of the parish in 1694

3) What trees give their name to the flats at number 23?
Pines, of which there are some tall specimens outside

4) What number is on an old coach house?
2C

5) When were Stanley Cottages built?
1874

6) What tradesman worked at number 39?
The Blacksmith (at the Forge)

7) Where was the pillarbox made?
Abbot Engineering, Paisley

8) Which butterfly might you expect to see?
Small tortoiseshell, according to the information board

9) Of which organisation was John Evans chairman?
British Rheumatism & Arthritis Association (there is a plaque on a park bench)

10) To whom did the yellow house (pictured in header) belong?
The bailiff, of the Kelsey Estate

11) What pattern is the brickwork at the top of the cottages?
check or chain

12) What is the trade of Andrew King?
Clockmaker

13) What animal's head decorates the pump?
A lion's

14) What sort of shop is Ardec?
A Gentleman's Oufitters

15) To whom is the Catholic church dedicated?
St Edmund

16) What year did this park open?
1891

17) Which insect features at number 380?
Ladybirds - how many can you SPOT?

18) What is 'such a death' ?
Immortality, according to the inscription

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