A while back, we mentioned the double-name roads in Mike’s blog, ‘The Names of the Roads’. Here is some more about their origins: This...

Another question we have been asked-- and one that we have puzzled over ourselves -- is why the strange numbering of the houses in...

One of the oldest features of what is now Crofton Park was the local ‘big house’, Brockley Hall, or, as it was known before 1850,...

The original school, where Beecroft Gardens School stands today. In October 1885 the School Board for London announced plans to build...

Brockley Green from the 1746 map by John Roque In medieval times, main highways were often known by where they led to. The part of a...

Cigarette cards, royal benefactors and the babies of Brockley This tiny picture from a cigarette card album, found by Tim Lund, shows...

In recent years, many houses in Crofton Park and Brockley have had a ‘facelift’. With the dirt and grime of a century removed, gleaming...

In Tudor times, the woods which had for centuries dominated the local landscape were still thriving and supplying timber for, among...

From the 1880s, as the fields of Brockley made way for the suburb of Crofton Park, local photographers were capturing the new London...

Read all about 'The Motor Horn Which Warns But Does Not Worry', the latest radio speakers and other delights made at the St Andrew's...

The row of four Brockley Road shops between Merritt Road and the cemetery were known by 1899 as Bank Parade. Despite this, there has...

For centuries, the area now known as Crofton Park was the centre of Brockley, a hamlet on the road between Lewisham and Croydon. The...

Crofton Park station opened in 1892, as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. It was the last of six local stations to open –...