Coney Hall is a suburb

Suburb

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an district, centred on the Coney Hill Estate, part of West Wickham

West Wickham

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 in the London Borough of Bromley

London Borough of Bromley

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, England

England

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The typical architecture comprises two-storey houses with polygonal bay window

Bay window

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s and half-timbered

Timber framing

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 gable

Gable

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One of many owner-occupied

Owner-occupier

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 estates arising during the inter-War housing boom, it was built in the 1930s on hilly farmland south of West Wickham bought by the developers, Morrell Brothers, from Coney Hall Farm. In the previous decade, opposition to road developments adjacent to West Wickham Common and Hayes Common had left the area accessible only by steep and narrow lanes. In Coney Hall's early days. London Transport

London Passenger Transport Board

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 refused to provide a bus

Bus

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 service, and a free private coach service connected the estate to the nearest railway station, Hayes

Hayes, Bromley

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The estate achieved minor national prominence in the late 1930s via the legal disputes involving Jim and Elsy Borders, residents who headed a 1937 'mortgage

Mortgage loan

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 strike,' withholding repayments in protest at the poor building quality. Although they ultimately lost, their case exposed abuses of the building society

Building society

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 system and was one of the factors leading to its regulation by an amendment in 1939 to the Building Societies Act, 1874

Building society

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The local football club, Coney Hall F.C. play in the Kent County League

Kent County League

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 Premier Division.

The Prime Meridian

Prime Meridian

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passes through Coney Hall.