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The name Sydenham comes from Old English and
may have meant Cippa's Village (ham OE for village).
Medieval Sydenham
1206 Sydenham then known as Chipeham.
1206 Sydenham then known as Shippenham.
Stuart Sydenham
1615 Locals went to court to attempt to stop enclosure.
Mid-C17 Medicinal springs found at Wells Park.
1690 Sydenham then known as Sidenham.
Georgian Sydenham
1727 Reference to Greyhound public house
1770 Green Dragon, Sydenham Wells
1809 Croydon Canal built.
1810 Common enclosed.
1832 St Bartholomew by Vuiliamy opened on Westwood Hill
1836 Railway built on old Croydon Canal, which led to development of Sydenham.
Victorian Sydenham
1845-8 Railway powered by unique 'atmospheric pressure' traction.
1854 Crystal Palace exhibition moved to near Sydenham.
Sydenham Railway station opened.
1860 William Cobb established first shop at 301 Kirkdale Road
1878 Mayow Park opened as Sydenham & Forest Hill Public Recreation Ground
1884 Ernest Shackleton (aged 10) moved with family from Ireland to 10 Westow Hill
1887 Sydenham High School opened.
1890 Bell Green Gas works built
1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee monument built
Edwardian Sydenham
1901 Sydenham Wells Park opened (on site of Sydenham Wells Spa
1902 Cobbs Department Store opened at 297-301 Kirkdale Road
1903 All Saints Church built on Trewsbury Road
PreWar Sydenham
1931 State Cinema opened (later Granada) at 74 (?) Sydenham Road
1936 Crystal Palace burnt down
Film
Park Court (Modernist flats) built by Frederick Gibberd in Lawrie Park Road built
Post War Sydenham
1956 Sydenham School (Comprehensive) opened.
1964 Our Lady & St Philip Neri (RC) opened on 208 Sydenhma Road
1967 St Christopher’s Hospice
1971 Granada cinema closed
1981 Cobb’s Department Store closed
2007 Greyhound pub closed
Booklist:
Discover Sydenham & Catford
Forest Hill and Sydenham - Adrian Procter (1987 London Reference Books)
Retracing Canals To Croydon and Camberwell (1986 Living History Publications)
London and Croydon Railway - Adrian Procter (1989 London Reference Books)
Sydenham and Forest Hill - John Coulter (1999 Historical Publications)