The area of Orpington in Kent has a long history of human settlement. Orpington can trace its roots back to the Bronze age, with pottery fragments from that time found in the Park Avenue area. In 1956 an Iron Age farmstead was excavated during the building of Ramsden Boys School.
There are also several significant Roman sites in and around Orpington.
The Domesday Book (1036 AD) has the earliest record of Orpington, called “Orpedingtune” and described as a small settlement with aorund 45 homes at the tail end of the Dark Ages.
Today Orpington, which includes Chelsfield, Crofton, Farnborough, Locksbottom, and Petts Wood, has a population of just over 90,300 people.
According to the 2011 Census, in Orpington, 51.1% of people are married, 8.2% live with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.8% are single and 7.5% are separated or divorced.
Divorce rates are between 1.55% and 1.8% higher than the national average in the area and range from the fairly straight forward to the slightly more complex, in terms of assets.
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