Editing Orpington (section)

==Landmarks==
===The Parish Church===
[[File:West Side of All Saints' Church, Orpington (I).jpg|thumb|250px|All Saints Church]]
The [[Parish Church]] is [[Church of All Saints, Orpington|All Saints Church]], which stands upon pre-[[Normans|Norman]] foundations.<ref name="All Saints">{{NHLE|num=1083559|desc=All Saints Church|access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> Mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]], it is [[Early English Period|Early English]] in style, but some [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] work is still visible. It was endowed by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in 1173.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The tower and [[Steeple (architecture)|steeple]] were damaged by a storm in 1771.<ref name="All Saints"/> The rebuilt steeple was struck by lightning in 1809, and it was not replaced. The church was greatly enlarged in 1957.<ref name="Willey"/><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com/welcome/about/history/ |website=All Saints Orpington |date=19 February 2013 |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928124602/https://allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com/welcome/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The present [[Vicar]] is the Reverend George Rogers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 June 2020|title=Vicar: The Rev'd George Rogers|url=https://allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com/welcome-2/whos-who/profiles/vicar-the-revd-george-rogers/|access-date=29 March 2021|website=All Saints', The Parish Church of Orpington|language=en}}</ref>

===The Priory===
[[File:West Face of Orpington Priory (02).jpg|thumb|left|The west face of Orpington Priory]]
The Priory is a [[medieval]] [[hall house]]. In 1032, Eadsy, chaplain to [[Canute the Great|King Cnut]], gave his estate at Orpedingetune to Christ Church Priory, [[Canterbury]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The first [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of Orpington, Hugh de Mortimer, held court here in 1270.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The house was rebuilt in 1290, this time in stone, and extended in 1393 and 1471.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} In the 17th century the house ceased to be a rectory and passed into private ownership; a timber-framed extension was added, which no longer exists. The house was acquired by [[Orpington Urban District]] [[Local government in the United Kingdom|Council]] in 1947, and used to house a museum which closed in September 2015 for cost reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 June 2015|title=Bromley Council bosses vote to relocate borough's museum from Orpington Priory|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13330631.bromley-council-bosses-vote-to-relocate-boroughs-museum-from-orpington-priory/|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2021|website=News Shopper|language=en|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329190207/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13330631.bromley-council-bosses-vote-to-relocate-boroughs-museum-from-orpington-priory/}}</ref>

=== Priory Gardens ===
[[File:The Priory Garden, Orpington.JPG|thumb|right|The Priory Garden at Orpington]]

The Grade II listed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001444|title=Priory Gardens, Orpington, Bromley - 1001444 Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk|access-date=21 August 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822093750/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001444|url-status=live}}</ref> Priory Gardens designed by the last private owners of The Priory, Cecil and Lilian Hughes, consists of Italianate and Arts & Crafts style formal gardens reflecting the Hughes respective interests, a landscaped park with children's play area, and a trio of natural ponds where the [[River Cray]] rises. Each year the Orpington [[May Queen]] is crowned in the gardens.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://orpingtonmayqueen.org.uk/history/ |website=Orpington May Queen |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901120316/http://orpingtonmayqueen.org.uk/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Orpington Hospital ===
During the First World War a large military hospital, the "16th Canadian General", was built south-east of the station, funded by the government of [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="Willey"/> It originally accommodated 1,050 patients; an extra wing was added in 1917.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} By January 1919 more than 25,000 wounded soldiers had been treated here.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lost Hospitals of London|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/orpington.html|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2021|website=ezitis.myzen.co.uk|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228132500/https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/orpington.html}}</ref> Most of the original pre-fabricated buildings remained in use for more than 80 years before a major renovation around the turn of the century.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Today [[Orpington Hospital]] provides [[Physical therapy|rehabilitation]] and [[therapy]] services, [[outpatient]] and [[medical diagnosis|diagnostic]] services (including [[dermatology]] and [[diabetes]]), but it no longer has an [[Accident and Emergency]] Unit. The nearest [[Emergency department|A&E]] is [[Princess Royal University Hospital]] in [[Farnborough, London|Farnborough]].

===Orpington War Memorial===
[[File:Orpington War Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Orpington War Memorial]]
Orpington War Memorial standing at the southern end of the High Street is a focal point for Remembrance Sunday.<ref name="newsshopper3">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13952166.Remembrance_Sunday_services_in_Bromley_borough_2015__Where_to_find_them/|publisher=newsshopper.co.uk|title=Remembrance Sunday services in Bromley borough 2015: Where to find them (From News Shopper)|date=7 November 2015 |access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209230255/http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13952166.Remembrance_Sunday_services_in_Bromley_borough_2015__Where_to_find_them/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was designed by local architect Charles Heaton Comyn and unveiled on Sunday 28 August 1921.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Orpington War Memorial|author=Pateman, J.|date=2012|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781471082832|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPSSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|page=3|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329190159/https://books.google.com/books?id=XPSSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}{{self-published source|date=September 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} It originally contained the names of 111 local men who died in the Great War, however further names were added later, bringing the total for the Great War up to 117.

A campaign in 1997–98 for the remembrance of 432 armed forces personnel who fell in the Second World War resulted in the unveiling of eight more plaques on Sunday 2 August 1999.<ref name="google"/> Another new plaque has been added detailing the eight local men who have died on active duty since 1945.<ref name="google"/>

===Canadian Corner===
[[File:Canadian Corner.jpg|thumb|The Memorial Cross which stands in Canadian Corner]]
In the corner of All Saints' Church sits Canadian Corner. This is a First World War memorial that marks where 182 soldiers who died being treated at Orpington Hospital are buried. The name derives from the fact 88 of those buried are Canadians. Canadian Corner is unique in that its design resembles that of First World War Cemeteries found in France & Belgium, with the text on the memorial suggesting that the Memorial Cross was the first outside of the Western Front, as the English public were interested in how the war cemeteries looked.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The Memorial Cross in Canadian Corner was unveiled in 1921 in the presence of the High Commissioner for Canada.<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=https://allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com/about/churchyard/canadian-corner/|publisher=allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com|title=Canadian Corner {{pipe}} All Saints' Church Orpington|date=15 July 2013|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123154040/https://allsaintsorpington.wordpress.com/about/churchyard/canadian-corner/|url-status=live}}</ref> The automatic plunger used to release the Union flag which hid the Cross was the same used by [[George V]] during the unveiling of [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall|The Cenotaph]] a year earlier. The Memorial Cross in Canadian Corner was the first Canadian Memorial unveiled in the UK.<ref name="wordpress"/>