Abbey Wood
Anerley & Penge
Beckenham
Bermondsey
Bexley
Blackheath
Borough
Brockley
Bromley
Camberwell
Catford
Charlton
Crystal Palace
Deptford
Dulwich Village
East Dulwich
Elephant and Castle
Eltham
Forest Hill
Greenwich
Herne Hill
Kennington
Lee
Lewisham
New Cross
Old Kent Road
Peckham
Rotherhithe
Southbank
Sydenham
Walworth
West Norwood
Woolwich
The Brockley Jack
The name comes from Old English and may have meant OBroca's Wood or Grove.
Mediaeval Brockley
1182 Reference to Brocele.
C12 Henry II gave land to Premonstratensian canons before they moved to
Bayham Abbey in Sussex.
Tudor Brockley
1520s Cardinal Wolsey used estate to endow his abortive Cardinal college in Oxford.
Deptford end of Brockley went to Wickhams, Drakes and Tyrwhitt-Drakes of
Shaldoes, Bucks (see Brockley Property Guide).
Georgian Brockley
1809 Croydon Canal built.
1836 Railway built on old Croydon Canal, which led to development of
Brockley.
Victorian Brockley
Lay on borders of Deptford & Lewisham parishes.
1850s Lewisham Way (ex High Road) developed to south and west.
1858 Brockley Cemetery built for Lewisham & Deptford parishes.
1896 Hilly Fields open space saved from development.
1898 Brockley Jack rebuilt (named after local highwayman).
1890s West Kent Grammer School built on Hilly Fields.
Balham
Barnes
Battersea
Brixton
Clapham
Merton
Mortlake
Putney
Rayners Park
Richmond
Streatham
Tooting
Vauxhall
Wandsworth
Wimbledon