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Grove Park, Lewisham A mixed settlement of council and private housing, separated by the railway line from the Downham estate to the south-west Chinbrook Meadows were improved in 2003, with new paths, trees and sports facilities This was dense woodland in the extreme south of the parish of Lee until the early 18th century. At that time, as local historian John King puts it, Grove Park ‘just did not exist, in name or reality.’ Thereafter, the …
Index of Places The 350 localities and attractions featured on Hidden London The places listed below are in the Gazetteer section unless marked as being in The Guide Places in the Gazetteer section are mostly localities, while those in the Guide tend to be smaller – often an individual structure. Some places in the Guide are double-indexed, to help you find them more easily. A few listed places have yet to be added, so they don’t yet have a h…
Deptford, Lewisham/Greenwich A historic Thames-side settlement, situated west of Greenwich; its name is a corruption of ‘deep ford’ A traditional London pie and mash shop on Deptford High Street In The Spirit of London’s River, LM Bates says of Deptford waterfront: “This was the ground from which, more than any other, grew the British Empire.” Henry VIII founded a naval dockyard here in 1513 and within a century Deptford had become one of t…
Lee Green, Lewisham Situated at the eastern end of Lee High Road, this was the original centre of Lee, which expanded north and west to meet Blackheath and Lewisham, and then south to Lee station The delightful tiled sign on the wall of the entrance to the Old Tiger’s Head, Lee Green The Tiger’s Head public house was built in 1766 and became famous for its bowling green and notorious as a haunt of smugglers. In 1809 the first semi-detached ho…
…the railway’s viability and the station closed in 1926. It reopened in 1991 as Island Gardens, originally the southern terminus of the DLR. The station was relocated underground in Millwall Park when the line was extended to Lewisham in 1999. Tower Hamlets’ improvements to Island Gardens in the 1980s included a refreshment house with a giant teapot and teacup. Postal district: E14 Station: Docklands Light Railway, Lewisham branch (Zone 2) …
New Cross Gate, Lewisham The western part of New Cross, taking its name from a tollgate erected in 1718 at the top of what is now Clifton Rise New Cross Gate station The New Cross tollgate was relocated in 1813 to the junction of New Cross Road and Peckham Lane (now Queens Road). This part of New Cross Road was built up from the 1820s with good-quality terraced housing. The station opened in 1839, originally as New Cross, and a prolonged peri…
Blackheath, Lewisham/Greenwich A pretty village and common, separated from Greenwich Park by Shooters Hill Road and originally focused on the junction of roads to Greenwich, Woolwich and Lee The Paragon is a unique crescent of seven pairs of houses linked by colonnades, by Michael Searles Most of Blackheath, which got its name either from the colour of the soil or from its bleakness, was in the hands of the earls (originally barons) of Dartmou…
Sydenham Hill, Southwark/Lewisham A station and road lying on the western edge of Upper Sydenham Low Cross Wood Lane traverses Sydenham Hill Wood This part of London is filled with place names that begin with ‘Upper’ or end with ‘Hill’, but Sydenham Hill rises higher than most, topping 350 feet at the southern end of the road that shares its name. For this reason, it was chosen as the site for the Crystal Palace, which was rebuilt here in 1854…
…ishable from the rest of the Canary Wharf complex. To prove the viability of the proposed City Airport, Captain Harry Gee landed a Brymon Dash 7 on the quay in June 1982. Postal district: E14 Station: Docklands Light Railway, Lewisham branch (Zone 2) …
