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Tooting

   this post is not finished and not edted or checkedFranciscan RoadAll Saints Church, 1904-6 by Temple Moore. Built through a bequest from Lady Charles Brudenell-Bruce in memory of her husband, the...

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Clapham Park

    this post is not finished and not edted or checkedBonneville GardensBonneville School LSB 1905. Clapham Common South SideBack along South Side there are lesser Georgian houses of different dates....

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Streatham

     this post is not finished and not edted or checkedConyers RoadStreatham Pumping station.  Built 1888 for Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co., Moorish Domes, and a well of 1,270ft but it has not...

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Streatham

     this post is not finished and not edted or checkedArchbishop's Place. anamazing survival of small cottages with themost colourful front gardens, reminiscent ofa country village. King of Sardinia...

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Streatham Common

      this post is not finished and not edted or checkedFactory SquareImmanuel Parish Schools by G. G.Scott, 1861, extended by George & Peto, 1874.Greyhound Lane5 Two half  oil jars on frontage,...

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Dartford

  this post is not finished and not edited or checkedCollyers mill and Welcome Group in 1924, Colyers Orchard Mill owned by John Twisleton, fulling mill, and then corn in 1788. Royal Victoriamill...

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Wilmington

   this post is not finished and not edited or checkedHigh RoadPlough Wilmington Waterworks, Kent Waterworks Co., 1888 boiler house survives Oakfield LaneDene Hole. a large hole appeared a few metres...

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Wilmington

    this post is not finished and not edited or checkedBarn End LaneBrewery buildings there as a laundry from 1860 brewery of Chapman called the Eagle Brewery. Had a 200 ft artesian well The...

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Blackfen

    this post is not finished and not edited or checkedBlackfen Road/Penshurst Avenue: Cottages The Woodman, in the heart of the Blackfen shopping centre. An extraordinary pastiche pub by Kenneth...

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Sidcup

     this post is not finished and not edited or checkedHurst RoadHoly Trinity Church Hall building of 1880; its It was originally the Lamorbey National School, replacing the school of 1841 in Burnt...

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Sidcup

      this post is not finished and not edited or checkedAlma RoadAlma PubBirkbeck RoadOne of the earliest roads developed in the area with cottages for tradesmen.Carlton Road. The northern arm of this...

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Scadbury

  this post is not finished and not edited or checkedFrognalQueenMaryHospital.This postwar complex covers a vast area. The original hospital was opened in 1917 in the old mansion of Frognal, and this...

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Blendon

   this post is not finished and not edited or checked  Blackfen RoadChapel House. Erected to Danson Park, roughcast cottage turret and spire 1760. Sham chapel Eye catcher on the roundabout. Mock tomb...

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Ruxley

    this post is not finished and not edited or checkedMaidstone RoadMilestone Ruxley Cottage Tollgate RuxleyThe name Rokesley (Ruxley) is said to derive fromRookesley (O.E.) and means 'a pasture in...

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Joydens Wood

     this post is not finished and not edited or checkedAlfan Lane7 open denehole entered through the roots of a treeBankside11, Small depression in corner of rear garden. Almost certainly a...

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Stonehill

      this post is not finished and not edited or checkedStonehill Green Denehole. This is now believed to be closed.

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Bexley Hospital

       this post is not finished and not edited or checkedBexley HospitalLondon Mental Hospital, erected by the London County Council in 1898 at a cost of over £400,000, and providing accommodation for...

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Puddledock

      this post is not finished and not edited or checkedBirchwood Drive: Mick Jagger’s home country Puddledock LaneShip

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Puddledock

       this post is not finished and not edited or checkedRowhill RoadRowhill Mount. Denehole.a report form 1912.someone picking apples  heard a mysterious rumbling noise and the ladder upon which.he...

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Dartford Heath

        this post is not finished and not edited or checkedBath Road25 a shaft appeared on 13th January 1927.   It had a single chamber and was 34 ft deep all told, but only 18 ft. to the top of the...

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