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Blackheath - originally named after the dark colour of the local soil - has a rich history going back to the time of the Romans, who used it as a stopping point on Watling Street. Centuries later Blackheath was a rallying point for Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and for Jack Cade's Kentish...
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Originally a farming area, Catford's name comes from the local wildcats that used to cross the river at this site. As with so many of London's suburbs, it developed as a residential area after the arrival of the railway in 1857. Badly damaged during the Second World War, Catford has had a series of post-war imp...
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Until the 1920s, Downham was virtually uninhabited although Downham Market is rich in history and dates back to Saxon times. The area was largely farmland, much of it belonging to Holloway and Shroffolds Farms. In the early 1920s the London County Council (LCC) bought the farmland of Downham in order to build a n...
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Hither Green lies south east of Lewisham, on the site of a hamlet from the Middle Ages called Romborough.This hamlet had not been inhabited since the time of the Black Death and lay in an area covered by woodland. By the early 19th century the Hither Green area had been turned intofarmland and nurseries, punctuated by fine cou...
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Founded in 1873, Hither Green Cemetery sprawls along the side of Verdant Lane. With its well-tended grounds and attractive chapel, it has a calm and tranquil atmosphere. Dotted with mature trees including oak, copper beech, yew and horse chestnut, it provides a good habitat for woodland birds and, more unusually, a resident ...
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The Manor of Lee was in the historic parish of Blackheath and existed up to 1900 when it was merged with the parish of Lewisham to create the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham While modern Lee is centred on Lee railway station, the old parish was based around Lee High Road which today stretches into the town centre of Lewisha...
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Lewisham High Street and the busy area around the Clock Tower are centres of activity for the people of Lewisham. The Clock Tower was completed in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, and there is now a daily market at this end of The High Street. The town centre was bombed in 19...
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The Second World War had a profound effect on Lewisham. Thousands of local men and women served in all branches of the armed forces and in all the major theatres of war throughout the world.Many thousands more were directed into munitions and armaments factories, farming and coal mining. Civilians at home were required to se...
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Blackheath - originally named after the dark colour of the local soil - has a rich history going back to the time of the Romans, who used it as a stopping point on Watling Street. Centuries later Blackheath was a rallying point for Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and for Jack Cade's Kentish...