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Lewisham
Lewisham (Greater London)
Lewisham

Lewisham shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ385755
London borough Lewisham
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SE13
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Lewisham East
Lewisham West and Penge
Lewisham Deptford
London Assembly Greenwich and Lewisham
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°27′41″N 0°00′19″W / 51.461456, -0.00537

The electoral ward of Lewisham Central (red) within the London Borough of Lewisham (orange)
The electoral ward of Lewisham Central (red) within the London Borough of Lewisham (orange)

Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The London Borough of Lewisham ( is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system The London postal district is the area in England, currently of 241 square miles to which mail addressed to the LONDON Post town is delivered UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The SE (South Eastern postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of south east London The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The London Fire Brigade ( LFB) is the statutory The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients London is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Lewisham East is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Lewisham West and Penge is a cross-border Constituency to be represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Lewisham Deptford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections each returning one member Greenwich and Lewisham is a Constituency represented in the London Assembly. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places in London, England See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The London Borough of Lewisham ( is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London.

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History

It is most likely to have been founded by a pagan Jute, Leof, who settled (by burning his boat) near St Mary's Church (Ladywell) where the ground was drier, in the 6th Century. The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who according to Bede were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of the time Ladywell is a place and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. As to the etymology of the name, Daniel Lysons (1796) wrote:

"In the most ancient Saxon records this place is called Levesham, that is, the house among the meadows; leswe, læs, læse, or læsew, in the Saxon, signifies a meadow, and ham, a dwelling. Daniel Lysons (1762 - 1834 was a notable English antiquary and topographer of the late 18th and early 19th century who published the four-volume It is now written, as well in parochial and other records as in common usage, Lewisham. "[1]

'Leofshema' was an important settlement at the confluence of the rivers Quaggy (from Farnborough) and Ravensbourne (Caesar's Well, Keston), so the village expanded north into the wetter area as drainage techniques improved. The River Quaggy (often the Quaggy River or simply Quaggy) is an urban river 17 km in length passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley The River Ravensbourne is a Tributary of the River Thames in South London, England. In the mid-seventeenth century the then vicar of Lewisham, Abraham Colfe, built a grammar school, primary school and six almshouses for the inhabitants. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Abraham Colfe (died 1657) was vicar of Lewisham from 1610 to 1657 and a notable English Philanthropist, founding Colfe's A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory Almshouses are charitable Housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay The Earl of Dartmouth became the (hereditary) Viscount Lewisham in 1711. The title of Earl of Dartmouth was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1711 for William Legge 2nd Baron Dartmouth, who was then Secretary of State for

The village of Lewisham was originally centred further south around the parish church of St Mary, towards the present site of University Hospital, Lewisham. University Hospital Lewisham (often known as Lewisham Hospital) is an acute district general hospital run by The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust and serving the London The centre migrated north with the coming of the North Kent railway line to Dartford in 1849, encouraging commuter housing. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Dartford is the principal town in the borough of Dartford. It is situated in the northwest corner of Kent, England, 16 miles (25 km east south-east Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lewisham was administratively part of Kent until 1889, and formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham in the County of London until 1965. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham The County of London was a ceremonial county and administrative county of England from 1889 to 1965 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

Lewisham's High Street is particularly long and wide for a London suburb. High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street The town centre was hit by a V-1 in 1944 with over 300 fatalities. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It devastated the high street, which was not restored into its former glory until the mid 1950's. This horrific event is commemorated by a plaque outside the Lewisham shopping centre (opened in 1977). Lewisham Shopping Centre, formerly Riverdale Centre, is a shopping mall located in Lewisham, London, United Kingdom. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Sainsbury store in Lewisham shopping centre was briefly the largest supermarket in Europe. The store still exists today and is small by modern standards. The area at the north end of the High Street was pedestrianised in 1994. A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot whether Walking or Running. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) It is home to a daily street market and a local landmark, the Clock Tower, completed in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. A clock tower is a Tower built with one or more (often four Clock faces. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th Anniversary in the case of a person (e Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Maggie's Restaurant is a popular cafe where many go near to the railway station. Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. It was once voted the best cafe in the world by local paper, The News Shopper.

Lewisham, an important transport hub
Lewisham, an important transport hub

The police station, which was opened in 2004 to replace the station in Ladywell, is officially the largest in Europe. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ladywell is a place and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. There is also another large police station in nearby Catford. Catford is a town in London located at the heart of the London Borough of Lewisham, England There is planned regeneration of Lewisham town centre. [2] There is a single skyscraper adjacent to the shopping centre which used to be owned by Citibank until they moved to the Docklands. Citibank is a major international Bank, founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York. Docklands can refer to Dublin Docklands, area around the city of Dublin Ireland near the docks London Docklands, area in the east

Almost all of the SE13 Lewisham postcode falls within the London Borough of Lewisham, except for the Coldbath Estate and part of the Orchard Estate along Lewisham Road, which are covered by the London Borough of Greenwich. The SE (South Eastern postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of south east London The London Borough of Lewisham ( is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The London Borough of Greenwich ( (Greenwich ˈgrɛnɪtʃ is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England.

Lewisham Cricket Club was one of the most prestigious London sides during the Victorian era. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities They played at Lewisham Cricket Ground from 1864, which lay north of Ladywell Road until its closure in the latter part of the 19th Century. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Lewisham Swimming Club was also very successful with several of their members representing England in water polo and other gymkhana events. Water polo is a team water sport A team consists of six field players and one Goalkeeper. Gymkhana (derived from the Hindustani word for "racket court" is an Indian term which originally referred to a place where sporting events take place The club still meet at Ladywell Swimming Baths, one of the public swimming pools in Lewisham which include Downham Health and Leisure Centre, the Bridge in Sydenham, Forest Hill Pools (closed for refurbishment) and Wavelengths in Deptford.

In 1977, the Battle of Lewisham. The Battle of Lewisham is the name sometimes given to the events of 13 August 1977 when an attempt by the far-right National Front (NF to march from New Cross to "[3] (actually in New Cross) saw the biggest street battle against fascists since the Battle of Cable Street in 1936. New Cross is a place and an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, it is covered by London postal district SE14 Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology The Battle of Cable Street or Cable Street Riot took place on Sunday October 4, 1936 in Cable Street in the East End of London. Over 10,000 people turned out to oppose a National Front march which was organised on the back of increasing electoral success at that time.

Education

Lewisham boasts three sixth form colleges called Christ the King Sixth Form College, and Crossways Academy. Curriculum etc The college provides instruction in AS/A Level subjects the Level 1 Introductory course Level 2 and Level 3 vocational courses and in three "re-sit Also, Lewisham College itself has locations across the borough. Lewisham College is a Further education college in Lewisham, south-east London. Lewisham is also home to Goldsmiths College and the Laban Dance College (part of Trinity School of music). Laban in Deptford, south-east London, is a college and centre for contemporary dance and includes 13 dance studios a 300-seat theatre dance health suite Pilates

Transport

Lewisham is a major transport hub, lying on the A20 road towards Dover and at the start of A21 to Hastings, with its own bus station, railway station and the southern terminus of the Docklands Light Railway. The A20 is a two-digit major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent. Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. The A21 is a major Trunk road in Southern England connecting London with Hastings, East Sussex. Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England; it is also the administrative centre for the Borough of the same name Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains The Docklands Light Railway (DLR is a Light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of East London England. Tube lines run into the north of the borough at New Cross and are due to be expanded south as part of the East London Line extension.

Lewisham Rail Crash

Main Article: Lewisham rail crash

Lewisham is also the site of one of the worst disasters on British Railways in the twentieth century. The Lewisham rail crash was an Accident on the British railway system which occurred on 4 December 1957 just outside St Johns railway station On 4 December 1957 a crowded steam-hauled passenger express headed for the Kent Coast overran signals at danger in thick fog near St. John's station and crashed into a stationary electric train for the Hayes branch line. The force of the impact brought down an overhead railway bridge onto the wreckage below. An electric multiple unit about to cross the bridge towards Nunhead managed to pull up in time. 90 passengers and crew died in the accident.


Notable former inhabitants

Trivia

Edith Nesbit in The Wouldbegoods (1899) wrote:

In London, or at any rate Lewisham, nothing happens unless you make it happen; or if it happens it doesn't happen to you, and you don't know the people it does happen to. Matilda Alice Victoria Wood ( 12 February 1870 &ndash 7 October 1922) was an English Music-hall Singer, Raymond Paul "Ray" Mears (born February 7, 1964) is a British Author and TV presenter on the subject of Bushcraft Albert Meltzer ( January 7, 1920 – May 7, 1996) was an Anarcho-communist activist Sheree Murphy (born 22 August, 1975, Islington, North London) is an English Actress and Television presenter Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's Maxi Priest (born Max Alfred Elliott, on 10 June 1960 in Lewisham, London) is an English Reggae Singer Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (born Louise Elizabeth Nurding, November 4 1974) is an English singer and Television presenter, known Doris May Fisher Stokes ( January 6 1920 - May 8 1987) born Doris Sutton, was a British Spiritualist. David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958 in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English Singer, Musician Major Sir Denis Thatcher 1st Baronet, MBE, TD (10 May 1915 &ndash 26 June 2003 was an English Businessman, and the husband of the Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is an English former professional footballer who won the Golden The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered David Carlyle Rocastle, nicknamed Rocky Rocastle, (born 2 May 1967 in Lewisham, London - 31 March 2001) was The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football There were 24 housemates in total in the eighth series of Big Brother in the UK where they were observed by television viewers 24 hours a day and each week one or Big Brother is a Reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes An It girl or It-girl is a charming Sexy young woman who receives intense media coverage unrelated or disproportional Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's

Nearest places

References

  1. ^ 'Lewisham', The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. This article is about the South London town For the villages in Kent see East Peckham and West Peckham. Catford is a town in London located at the heart of the London Borough of Lewisham, England Brockley is an area and electoral ward of the London Borough of Lewisham in England. Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, New Cross is a place and an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, it is covered by London postal district SE14 Blackheath is an area in southeast London centred around a section of open public grassland ('the Heath' and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Lee (also Lee Green) is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. 514-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45489. Date accessed: 03 October 2007.
  2. ^ Lewisham London Borough Council - Lewisham town centre regeneration
  3. ^ '1997': The Battle of Lewisham URL:http://libcom.org/history/articles/battle-of-lewisham-1977. Date accessed 21 February 2008

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