Penge
Sign in to savethumb|The Watermen's Almshouses Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross.
Key facts
- UK legislation.royal_assent
- 14 June 1827
- UK legislation.collapsed
- yes
- UK place.static_image_name
- Penge Congregational Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Congregational Church, Penge
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Penge
- UK place.london_borough
- Bromley
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SE
- UK place.postcode_district
- SE20
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ345705
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 7.1
- UK place.charingX_direction
- NNW
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Beckenham and Penge
- UK legislation.short_title
- Penge Inclosure Act 1827
- UK legislation.type
- Act
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Pensgreene and the Crooked Billet
- Expansion
- Governance
- Geography
- Nearby areas
- Culture and community
- Community facilities
- Landmarks
- Gallery
- Transport
- Rail
- Buses
- Road
- Trams
- Education
- Religious sites
- Sport
- Cultural references
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
thumb|The Watermen's Almshouses Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross.
==Etymology== The name is first attested in a charter of 1067, as Penceat. It derives from the Brittonic words that survive in modern Welsh as ("head, end, summit") and ("wood"), and thus means "head of the wood", like a number of similar names, including Pencoed and Penketh. A 12th-century copy of a charter of 957 makes mention of '''', i.e. "the wood that is called Penge".