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Etymology
The earliest records of Mottingham are from 862 AD when it was recorded as Modingahema, which means the land of Moda's people and is commonly interpreted as - "the proud place".
History
Mottingham was originally a hamlet in Eltham parish, in the Blackheath hundred of Kent. Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Eltham is a district in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is a suburban development situated east south-east of Charing Cross. Blackheath was an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England. In 1840 it was included in the Metropolitan Police District by the Metropolitan Police Act 1839. The Metropolitan Police District (MPD is the area policed by London 's Metropolitan Police Service. The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (2&3 Vict c.47 was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A key year in the history of Mottingham was 1866, when the area became connected to the railway system with the construction of Mottingham station (then known as Eltham station). Mottingham railway station is a suburban railway station situated on Court Road between Eltham and Mottingham, in the London Borough of Greenwich Also in the 1866, Mottingham received separate civil parish status,[1] thus separating itself from Eltham. In 1881 the parish had a population of 779 and covered an area of 642 acres.
When the County of London was created in 1889, Mottingham was excluded from the new county and now formed a protrusion of Kent, bordering London to the west, north and east. The County of London was a ceremonial county and administrative county of England from 1889 to 1965 From 1894 to 1934 it formed a detached part of the Bromley Rural District. Bromley was a Rural district in north-west Kent, England from 1894 to 1934 [2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,120. In 1934 the rural district and the Mottingham civil parish were abolished and the area was transferred to Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District. Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District was a local government district and civil parish in north west Kent, England from 1934 to 1965 [3] In 1965 the urban district was abolished and the area was transferred from Kent to Greater London, to form part of the London Borough of Bromley. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The boundary between Bromley and Greenwich,[4] and between Bromley and Lewisham,[5] around Mottingham was adjusted in 1994.
The first church in Mottingham was St Andrews Church on Court Road and was established in 1884, which further helped establish Mottingham as separate from Eltham. A local landmark is Eltham College, a private school founded in 1842 as the London Missionary Society's School for the Sons of Missionaries, which moved to its present site in Mottingham in 1912. This article is about the school in London England For the school in Research Australia see Eltham College of Education. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational Missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and The famous cricketer, Dr W. G. Grace lived in retirement for some years in Mottingham and a blue plaque marks his residence, 'Fairmont' in Mottingham Lane, where he died on 23 October 1915. William Gilbert Grace ( 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Cricketer who by his extraordinary skills made He was buried in Beckenham Crematorium.
Notable residents
Transport and locale
The buses 126, 124, 273, 161, 284, 314, and N136 serve Mottingham making it a very accessible area in relation to its size. William Gilbert Grace ( 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Cricketer who by his extraordinary skills made Carl Winston Leaburn (born March 30, 1969) is a former English football player who generally played as a Striker. Anton Julian Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer.
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- Nearest railway stations
References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Mottingham CP (historic map)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Bromley RD (historic map)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Chislehurst and Sidcup UD (historic map)
- ^ Office of Public Sector Information - Bromley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
- ^ Office of Public Sector Information - Bromley and Lewisham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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