Sydenham which borough

Website optional. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Contents 1 What areas does Lewisham Borough cover? Written by James Blast.

Previous Post. Next Post. Search for:. Sydenham lies mainly within the Borough of Lewisham although some streets are in the Borough of Bromley and Southwark. The area was one of the first in southern England to have a railway station.

Wells Park is the site of the famous springs which attracted many visitors to the area in the 17th century. In Sydenham won a bid for the national Portas Pilot competition which provided a grant to improve the high street. Every summer the Sydenham Arts Festival is held where there are workshops, music and family activities.

It's perfect for everything we could ever want. Trattoria Rafaelle — which has a special place in the hearts of locals — is an Italian restaurant where the atmosphere is relaxed, the menu varied and the produce fresh. Michael, are united. Patron of St. Bartholomew and of Christchurch: the Earl of Dartmouth; of St.

Saviour: the Rev. Nicholson; of Old Chapel: T. Salmon, Esq. Bartholomew's church was built in , and afterwards enlarged. Christchurch was built in , and enlarged in Holy Trinity church was built in An Independent chapel was built in , a Baptist chapel in ; and both are very fine edifices.

There are also Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Bible Christian chapels; a public lecture-hall of ; a school-college, a handsome Tudor edifice, with a large staff of professors; national and British schools; a working men's institution; and a horticultural society.

The City of London was only a part of the County of London. A map of the boroughs of Greater London is reproduced on all Greater London borough pages. A map of the boroughs of the smaller County of London is reproduced on all County of London borough pages. Anglican Parishes in London is a wiki here on WeRelate listing the places of worship of the established church throughout London. The churches are grouped within the post boroughs and for each is the street address, a link to the Booth Map inner boroughs only , the time span for which the database AIM25 holds records, the FamilySearch Wiki link see below , the Wikipedia link, and further notes.

This is a work-in-progress and not all churches are listed as yet, but it is a guide to a great deal more information on those for which information has been gathered. Ancestry subscription necessary has produced transcriptions and provides images of lists of baptisms, marriages, and burials in churches across Greater London.

Many of these lists start in and stretch into the 20th century; some start even earlier. Blows up to a very readable level. Highly recommended viewing. Shows named areas on the edge of the County of London as the small villages they were in Streets in the City are named, but churches are missing.

Wikipedia has an expandable map of the area of devastation of the fire. The map includes the location of Pudding Lane where the fire started. A map of London in the s provided by the National Library of Scotland. There are a few steps between the home page index and the individual maps which may be difficult to follow for those who don't know London, but the maps themselves are produced at the scale of 5 feet to the mile on the original and are very clear.

Houses on streets are marked, but not numbered.