Area photos

Area photos

LOCAL PHOTOS

Click here to see map view of nearby Creative Commons images
Click here to see Creative Commons images near to this postcode
Click here to see Creative Commons images tagged with this road (if applicable)

Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham coat of arms TUM image id: 1585831487 Licence:	Lee High Road (1900s) The Manor of Lee was a historic parish of the Blackheath hundred 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 and the road of Burnt Ash Hill, the parish was based around Lee High Road which today stretches into the town centre of Lewisham. The River Quaggy formed much of the boundary between the two parishes, though at Lee Bridge (at the western end of Lee High Road) it is now almost completely hidden. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1630316118 Licence:	Manor Park, SE13 TUM image id: 1567937144 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lewisham market (1911) Lewisham market began in 1906 and is today one of a handful of six-day markets in London. The photo was taken from the southern end, looking north towards Avenue Road (Romer Avenue), now replaced by the main entrance to the Lewisham Centre. In 1944, Lewisham Market was hit by a deadly V1 attack which landed 100 yards from the Clock Tower and demolished part of the High Street shops. Credit: Lewisham Archives TUM image id: 1669915157 Licence:	Lewisham High Street (1927) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1657283837 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Rising Sun, Rushey Green Credit: http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/ TUM image id: 1600882720 Licence:	Engraving showing the original Black Horse Inn - date unknown. TUM image id: 1600951508 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Rising Sun, Rushey Green, Catford (1909) TUM image id: 1660648486 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Rising Sun, Rushey Green, Catford (1909) TUM image id: 1693235691 Licence:	Lewisham (1897 map) Here is Lewisham and Brockley around the turn of the twentieth century. In those days, Lewisham was still on the edge of the countryside and you can peruse the rest of the map as I’m going to concentrate only on a small section. Joy Farm can be spotted in the area south of Hilly Fields, Deptford and Lewisham cemeteries. Joy Farm was on the site of the modern Elsiemaud Road. Elsiemaud Road was part of a group of roads, off Brockley Grove, that are better known today as the ’double name’ roads - Amyruth, Arthurdon, Francemary, Gordonbrock, Henryson Phoebeth and Elsiemaud. The Daily Telegraph & Courier reported on 28 April 1899: ‘Some amusement was caused at a meeting of the Lewisham Board of Works, when the following list of names of new thoroughfares was read by the chairman: Phoebeth, Francemary, Arthurdon, Gordonbrock, Amyruth, Henryson, Elsiemaud, Huxbear and Abbotswell streets. One member described the names as the most ridiculous he had ever heard. Another pointed out that the London County Council objected to two streets of the same name in the Metropolis, and it was difficult to invent new appellations.’ The estate was built in 1899 by the Heath family and were named after the first and second names of the children of the architect and surveyor for the estate, Henry Hewitt Bridgman. Credit: Ordnance Survey TUM image id: 1716713362 Licence:

In the neighbourhood...

Click an image below for a better view...

Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham coat of arms
Licence:

Lee High Road (1900s) The Manor of Lee was a historic parish of the Blackheath hundred 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 and the road of Burnt Ash Hill, the parish was based around Lee High Road which today stretches into the town centre of Lewisham. The River Quaggy formed much of the boundary between the two parishes, though at Lee Bridge (at the western end of Lee High Road) it is now almost completely hidden.
Old London postcard
Licence: