Knee Hill, SE2

Knee Hill forms the boundary between the modern boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich and the ancient parishes of Plumstead and Erith.

Knee Hill, SE2 (c.1900)
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After 1889, it also formed the boundary between the counties of Kent and London.

The ancient woodland on either side of the road was purchased in two parcels, one in 1877 and the other in 1894, by the Metropolitan Board of Works and its successor, the London County Council, to safeguard it from development.

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NEARBY STREETS

Abbey Wood Road, SE2 Abbey Wood Road appears on the earliest maps of the area

Abbey Wood Road, SE2

Camping, SE2 Camping is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Camping, SE2

Cavendish House, SE2 Residential block

Cavendish House, SE2

Chancelot Road, SE2 Chancelot Road is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area

Chancelot Road, SE2

Commonwealth Way, SE2 Commonwealth Way is part of the Bostall Estate which was built between 1901 and 1914

Commonwealth Way, SE2

Congress Road, SE2 Congress Road was part of the Bostal Estate which was developed by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society.

Congress Road, SE2

Crumpsall Street, SE2 Crumpsall Street is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Crumpsall Street, SE2

Federation Road, SE2 Federation Road is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Federation Road, SE2

Friars Walk, SE2 Friars Walk is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Friars Walk, SE2

Greening Street, SE2 Greening Street is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area

Greening Street, SE2

Harvel Crescent, SE2 Harvel Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area (West Heath)

Harvel Crescent, SE2

Hurst Lane, SE2 Hurst Lane is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Hurst Lane, SE2

Hurst Place, SE2 Hurst Place is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Hurst Place, SE2

Knee Hill Crescent, SE2 Knee Hill Crescent is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Knee Hill Crescent, SE2

Knee Hill, SE2 Knee Hill forms the boundary between the modern boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich and the ancient parishes of Plumstead and Erith.

Knee Hill, SE2

Manorside Close, SE2 Manorside Close is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Manorside Close, SE2

Mcleod Road, SE2 Mcleod Road is part of the Bostal Estate

Mcleod Road, SE2

Mitchell Close, SE2 Mitchell Close is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Mitchell Close, SE2

Monks Close, SE2 Monks Close is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Monks Close, SE2

New Road, SE2 New Road is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area

New Road, SE2

Owenite Street, SE2 Owenite Street is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Owenite Street, SE2

Priory Drive, SE2 Priory Drive is a road in the SE2 postcode area (West Heath)

Priory Drive, SE2

Shieldhall Street, SE2 Shieldhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area

Shieldhall Street, SE2

Shornells Way, SE2 Shornells Way is one of the streets of London in the SE2 postal area

Shornells Way, SE2

Willrose Crescent, SE2 Willrose Crescent is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Willrose Crescent, SE2

Woodland Way, SE2 Woodland Way is a road in the SE2 postcode area

Woodland Way, SE2

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