Edith's Streets

Thames Tributary The Cray flows north and slightly east towards the Darent and the Thames. It is joined by the Wansunt Stream TQ 52267 75044 Industrial area on the edge of the North Kent marshes, crossed by Thames Road and the North Kent Railway line heading into Dartford. There is housing from an early 20th century work place housing project and the remains of some important industries, gradually being taken over by modern housing. There is also a small theatre set up in the 1950 to bring culture to the area. Post to the south Maiden Lane and the Stanham River Post to the east The Cray meets the Darent Post to the north Slade Green Barnes Cray Road Crayford Cottages Society , garden city style for the Vickers workers. 1914 Barnes Cray cottages . Associated with the mill Barnes Cray House – waterside properties on the site of the house. Demolished in the 1930s. Had been a nursing home. Later owned by Vickers, hospital then sold for building. Calico printing works takin

Cray Tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Cray continues to flow north east. Under the Rochester Way it is joined by the river Shuttle. TQ 5087974701 Central Crayford with industrial sites along the Cray and the amazing Hall Place Post to the west Bexley Post to the east Crayford Post to the south Coldblow Bourne Road Bourne Road Garage . Decorative cast iron lamp posts are from a cinema previous on the site. They date from 1919 and were made by workers at Barrow. Both lamps are missing, and one has the upper part of the post missing Toilets. The earth collapsed under them and they have been filled with concrete Edward VII wall letter-box Red brick wall , partly 18th, from Bexley House, an 18th mansion demolished c1980. Crest House on the site of Bexley House. Pastiche c1982 of a Georgian mansion, though not a replica of its predecessor. Facade to the industrial building behind. Bexley House , demolished Bourne Industrial Park Calico Textile bleaching

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle continues to flow eastwards to join the Cray under the M2. TQ 49529 74626 Post to the east Hall Place Post to the south Bexley Post to the west Upton 1930s housing around the A2 road and the interchange at the Black Prince - in fact the area locally is generally known as 'The Black Prince'. To the north of the A2/M2 housing is often built with generous open space on downland grass, to the south older housing slopes towards Bexley Village and the Cray. Bexley Road Milestone Broomfield Road South side developed in the 1890s. 1 Warren Wood 25 with tile-hung upper floors, and looking sedate amidst the later development around. The Warren. A large grassed area is backed by a tree-lined ridge, on which a grassed plateau overlooks dense woodland descending steeply to the A2. The name has its origins in the 16th when rabbits were kept for sale there. The farmho

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle continues to flow towards the Cray,east and north Post to the south Brigden Post to the east Bexley Arcadian Avenue A crescent of mock-Tudor houses , mainly semi-detached, 1930s. The original design for the pairs included a shared gabled and projecting frontispiece with half-timbering above an open porch, and ground floor oriel windows on either side. Arcadian Close Brigden Gasworks . Private gasworks 1840-1870s. Supply to Brigden Place. No remains. Lewin Road The first houses in were built on the west side in c1852. 9/15 round-xheaded windows reaching down to near ground level Cottages buikt as part of Robin Hood pub, Lion Road Robin Hood and Little John, Built from part of a development site by a John Moors in 1854 Love Lane Mount Road Royal Oak or Polly Cleanstairs . Old-established pub, Weather boarded appearance probably built 1863. There was a building o

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle continues to flow east towards the Cray TQ 47690 74263 Suburban area with woodland and parks and some older buildings among the endless inter war housing. Post to the west Blendon Post to the north Upton Post to the east Bexley Post to the south North Cray Arbuthnot Lane Bridgen Place . demolished when this road was built. Built by William Cope in the 18th and later the home of Edward Cokayne Frith. Arbuthnot was a later owner. Bexley Woods This tract of coppiced hornbeam trees is extensive. And the woods ascend gradually eastwards. . River Shuttle. Pebble deposits occur in the centre of the river bed, and these are called "Channel Bars.” Bexley Park Tanyard Farm . West of Bexley Park Wood. Farmed by the Watkins family. The Shuttle ran in front of the house. ‘Bexley Park Wood’ is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1876. The name probably comes from the

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle continues to flow generally eastwards towards the Cray. TQ 47788 73232 Suburban roads with 1930s housing around older country houses. Direst Bexley Post to the west Lamorbey Post to the east Brigden Post to the south Albany Park The Avenue, A footway down the centre, flanked by an avenue of lime trees, used to lead to Blendon Hall. Balindon Road 23a The Bailiffs House. between 23 & 25. the section with barge boarded porch was the original house built c1855 for the Blendon Estate; Cottage Field Close Terraced houses like Old Forge Way but built 1977-8. upper floors tile-hung, weather boarded or half-timbered, the ground floors are red brick. Hurst Road The old hamlet was called Hurst, and recorded in 1690 and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1805. from Old English for a 'wooded hill'. Hurst Place Community Centre. Classical villa, front part c1770,

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle runs south east Post to the west Halfway Street Post to the east Blendon Burnt Oak Lane Lamorbey . Recorded as Lamborbey c.1762, but Lamb Abbey in 1805, and Lamorbey in 1876. It is a manorial name for an estate and house originally built in the early 16th and belonging to the family of Thomas Lamendby alias Sparrowe in 1513. There may have been a settlement here in the 11th. Thomas, also called Sparrow, died in 1513 and a brass to his memory is in St. Mary's Church, Bexley. Until the end of the 19th, the hamlet was known as Halfway Street and Lamorbey applied only to the mansion. Lamorbey House. A large mansion, used by the Rose Bruford School of Speech & Drama, and by Lamorbey Adult Education Centre. It is owned by the London Borough of Bexley. It stands in the middle of Lamorbey Park, with the south front towards the lake. The original house here dated from 151

Thames Tributary – Wyncham Stream The stream flows north towards the Shuttle and joins it at Hollyoak Wood Post to the north Blackfen Post to the west New Eltham Post to the east Lamorbey Berwick Crescent 8-10 V2 rockets struck on 8 February, 1945 at 5.40pm exploding in front gardens. The blast destroyed a dozen houses and led to seven deaths and to 110 injured. The River Shuttle is along the roadside with bankside plants including reeds and garden plants, planted by local residents Beverley Wood Beverley Wood . A pleasant narrow belt of woodland, alongside the Wyncham Stream. It is fairly wet and consists mainly of crack willow Braundton Avenue Houses built in the 1930s as part of a planned development that included these parallel avenues, - the other is Willersley Avenue. Built by H. Smith and Co. of Avery Hill Road, as part of Smith’s Hollies Estate, the planning were submitted in March 1932 and most houses are built in a chalet style 1-64 a typical 1930s chalet st

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(TQ 441 728) The Wyncham Stream is a tributary to the River Shuttle, which is a tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Stream flows north through the area. Post to the north New Eltham Post to the south Kemnal Manor Bercta Road, New Eltham Junction Gardens were shortened when the road was widened in the early 1930s. All Saints Church . A red brick church built in 1898 by Peter Dollar. A chancel was added on by Thomas Ford in 1931 before that it had a ‘tin’ chancel and a wooden structure for the bell. The roof was bombed in 1944. It became a parish church in 1929. Inside are stained glass and a statue by Caroline Benyon. Church hall. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs. Latter of Southend Hall and the hall opened by Lady Kemnal. Bishops Close. Residential Dulverton Road School Footscray Road Part of Maidstone/Dover Road until 1923. 1781 Turnpike trust, New Cross Trust; 487-472 Grange , early Victorian. Right hand sectio

The Wyncham Stream is a tributary to the River Shuttle, which is a tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Stream rises and flows north through the area. Post to the north New Eltham Ashen Grove The Wyncham stream flows through this area of ancient woodland Belmont Lane An earlier name was Keminghole Lane Belmont Lane Open Space with children’s play area Allotments Edgebury Primary School Royal British Legion Club Kemnal Road First developed for housing only 130 years ago; old, but follows the route of an old footpath which crossed an area called Woodheath. In 1871 Samuel Asser bought the freehold of the Kemnal Estate from New College, Oxford. He also bought the right of way over Woodheath, from Earl Sydney and made a new road north to Maidstone Road. By 1884 there were 13 large houses in Kemnal Road The Wyncham Stream follows the line of the road. Waterfalls Stock Wells Foxbury Mission Society Training College Foxbury .

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle flows towards the Cray in an easterly direction but also turns slightly south. TQ 45404 74070 Residential area of mainly interwar speculative housing to the east of Eltham. Very depressing Post to the west Avery Hill Post to the south Halfway Street Berwick Crescent Shuttle . Bank side plants include hawthorn, willow and alder. Blackfen Area of marshy ground which floods easily. Black Fenn Farm mentioned in 17th. Blackfen Road “This thoroughfare is lined for a considerable distance on both sides by a depressing ribbon growth of newly erected houses and cheap bungalows” Several of Blackfen's new streets were developed as self-build properties. Church of the Good Shepherd . A small church of 1965, with a multi-angled copper dome atop a red brick base. Used as a hall with the church only a small section of the building. 77/79 a pair c1905, they were originally

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle flows eastwards to the Cray The Wincham Stream flows north Post to the north Avery Hill Post to the east Halfway Street Post to the west New Eltham Post to the south Footscray Road Avery Hill Road Avery Hill Fields is a network of sports grounds and playing fields, separated by trees and hedges some of them ancient. The river Shuttle flows through the Fields taking up a number of small streams and springs. Southwood House . Late 18th house stuccoed and with later extensions. Col. North lived here while Avery Hill was being built. It became the Margaret Roper Hall of Residence. Student accommodation blocks . three & four-storeys built 1914-16. White. Southwood Lodge . Mid 19th The Witch of Agnesi . In a lily-pond F.E. McWilliam 1962. Agnesi was a medieval woman mathematician. Signpost. Fingerpost on a small green at the junction with Halfway Street. Cambridge

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary A tributary of the Shuttle flows south from Eltham Warren Suburban area to the east of Eltham with a great deal of open space. Colonel North's mansion has had many additions and extensions and is now part of the University of Greenwich.   There are also many sports grounds, the nature centre and the cemetery. Bexley Road is now dominated by the new buildings of Crown Woods School. .  Post to the west Eltham Post to the east Blackfen Post to the south New Eltham Post to the north Falconwood Avery Hill Park Avery Hill . Marked as this on the Ordnance Survey map of 1876, but called Polecat End on earlier maps. However the land was called ‘Aviary’ in 1839 so maybe there was an earlier 'aviary'. ‘Avery Hill’ was later the name of the mansion built in 1890. From 1906 it was used as a teachers' training college is and now part of Greenwich University. Avery Hill, mansion

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Shuttle rises here and flows eastwards. Suburban area to the south of Eltham Centre, lots of churches, and nature Post to the east Avery Hill Post to the south New Eltham Poat to the west Eltham Town Centre Beechhill Road Built by Corbett c.1903 Bexley Road This stands south of the band of Blackheath and Woolwich beds and is 30-50m above sea level Pippen Hall Farm Pippenhall Stables ; Henley's field is the site of John de Henley’s manor house 1290 Pippenhall Meadow. Originally part of Pippin Hall Farm, the fields became part of the Avery Hill Estate in the 1890s and are now used by riding stables. There are five meadows; flanked by tall, ancient hedgerows with grassland which supports field woodrush and the hedges have foxgloves. The damp environment supports wetland plants but the central pastures are drier. It is the only London site for pyramidal orchids. The damp

River Shuttle, tributary to the Cray, which is a tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary Streams feed from this area in to the Shuttle Post to the north Eltham Post to the east New Eltham Blanmerle Road Was originally Batturs Road. A footpath from Blanmerle Road goes through site of previous RACS shop. 2 & 4 unusual design of houses. 1898. Fairy Hill Sports Ground This was the site of Fairy Hall, built for Henry Earl Bathurst when he was an 18th Lord High Chancellor. Collapse on December 18th 1596. A trench of ground containing in length about 80 perches and in breadth 28 began, with the trees and hedges on it, to loose itself from the rest of the ground lying round about it, and withall to move and shoot southward, day and night for eleven days. The ground of two water pits, the one six foot deep of water carried towards the south at least four pecks apiece, but withall mounted aloft and became hills. Fairy Hill belonged to Sir Percival Hart Kt. Footscray Ro

Tributary to Darent, itself a Thames Tributary The Cray continues to flow North East TQ 49511 73603 The centre of Bexley - Bexley Village - and with a station on the loop line into Dartford.  The village is based round a mill on the Cray and a road junction, continually choked with traffic.  Opposite the mill stands the old church with cottages and a large sign for the still working gravel extraction site to the rear. Along the bank of the Cray are still small works, some in the buildings of the old brewery. There is a rather smart little High Street with almshouses, meeting hall and pubs. Post to the west Brigden Post to the north Bexley Post to the east Coldblow Post to the south Mount Mascal Albert Road In the 1920s small council-house estates were built in Victoria Road -as the southern part of Albert Road was then known.  Prviously it was Building Fields and before that Upper Webbs Field. 63 Black Horse pub . Cosy back street local. Open-plan bar. Built 1859 by well d