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Eltham, Greenwich A sprawling south-east London suburb, occupying most of the area between Black­heath and Sidcup Eltham was first recorded in Domesday Book and its…

Maze Hill, Greenwich A road forming the eastern boundary of Greenwich Park since the enclosure of the common in the 15th century and probably a…

Black­heath Park, Greenwich A late Georgian and early Victorian private estate situated south-east of Black­heath village, bordering Kidbrooke St Michael and All Angels, Pond Road* Blackheath…

Bostall Heath, Greenwich/Bexley An expansive area of former common land situated north of East Wickham and Bexley­heath The developed part of this locality is often…

Well Hall, Greenwich A wartime housing estate in north Eltham, containing the grounds and barn of a Tudor mansion Well Hall was recorded as early…

Mottingham, Bromley/Greenwich A dichoto­mous resi­den­tial district located east of Grove Park, dominated by interwar council housing that extended the locality towards Chisle­hurst An Anglo-Saxon charter…

Lewisham, Lewisham A large – but somewhat unex­citing – south-east London suburb and commer­cial centre, situated on the River Ravens­bourne, one-and-a-half miles south of Greenwich…

…loss of the hamlet of Kitt’s End to the Hert­ford­shire borough of Hertsmere. Royal boroughs Kens­ington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames and Greenwich are royal…

…opening of the capital’s first passenger railway, from Spa Road to Deptford, in 1836; it was soon extended from London Bridge to Greenwich. The borough’s…

New Eltham, Greenwich A predom­i­nantly white, working-class district situated south-east of Eltham proper and east of Mottingham This was formerly the farming hamlet of Pope…