Something very pleasing about the names and spellings you find in early-modern records research. I'm assuming "Ould Duck" (listed here in the #Lewisham church burial register) was a poor elderly person, rather than an aged mallard.
Long & Lazy Lewisham
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Glimpses into the history of our streets in Lewisham, London SE Blog at: https://longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/blog/
Just published - part 2 of the series on Colfe's Almshouses, the pictureseque remnant of old Lewisham that stood on the High Street, but fell into ruin and was demolished in 1958: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/c...
Colfe’s almshouses – part 2: repair, ruin and replacement
This is the second of three blog posts about Colfe’s Almshouses, which stood on the High Street near the parish church of St Mary from the 1660s until the 1950s. The previous post told the story of…
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After nearly 100 years - minus a short closure after destruction by a V1 flying bomb - Marks and Spencer on Lewisham High Street is now closed. A sad moment on its own, but suggests revamped shopping area may struggle to fill units.
New blog post - the first of 3 on Colfe's Almshouses: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/c...
Colfe’s Almshouses – part 1: a lost link to ancient Lewisham
In this new set of posts, we are skipping a little ahead in the tour of Lewisham High Street to visit a site between St Mary’s church and the hospital. In the late 1950s, a set of ruined, war…
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New blog post - the first of 3 on Colfe's Almshouses: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/c...
Colfe’s Almshouses – part 1: a lost link to ancient Lewisham
In this new set of posts, we are skipping a little ahead in the tour of Lewisham High Street to visit a site between St Mary’s church and the hospital. In the late 1950s, a set of ruined, war…
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com
This free event next week looks great. Sadly I'm out of town that day or I would definitely be going along. Workshop: Lewisham Market Meets Archive Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 1:00PM Lewisham Shopping Centre lewisham.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=339...
Workshop: Lewisham Market Meets Archive
Join us for a creative workshop about Lewisham Market's history. We will share stories and photos from the archives and have creative activities for you to engage with.Do you have memories of shopping in the market?Have you worked in the market, or do you have a family connection with someone who worked there?We invite you to bring along any stories, images or memorabilia you have about the history and heritage of Lewisham's market.These workshops are part of Stall Tales - a joint project between University for The Creative Arts and Lewisham Heritage.
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The v old Mulberry Tree in Ladywell House has gone! Brockley Max is starting. Lots to talk about in the ' under new management' meet. @brockleyfox.bsky.social @ladywell-live.bsky.social @ladywellbowlsclub.bsky.social @longlazylewisham.bsky.social Come along to help shape our local environment.
🚨 New on Substack: my second post on the Pepys Estate in Lewisham examines its fall from grace - from ‘Showcase’ to ‘Nightmare’. What went wrong? municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-pepys-...
1970s v 2020s towers in Lewisham. Both currently vacant for very different reasons
The 1918 absent voter lists can be really handy for local histories as well as researching individuals - I used the Lewisham one for this blog post (apparently a decade ago): greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/o...
One road at war: Arthurdon Road, SE4
The Great War had a global impact, but it was experienced my millions of individuals, families and communities across the world. By focussing on one street in South London, we can see something of …
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Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 4mo agoThanks, that's excellent. Just found on absent voters list too.
Lovely view of pre-railway Lewisham: A View of the Water Mill near Lewisham in Kent by John Cleveley, 1770
This is great. Sadly Lewisham's equivalent ancient buildings - Colfe's Almshouses, built in the 1660s - were demolished in 1958 to make way for the registry office car park. (As it happens Colfe's Almshouses are the subject of an upcoming miniseries of posts on longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/blog/)
Inside Croydon@insidecroydon.bsky.social · 4mo agoTOP POSTS IN APRIL: Town's oldest building opens its doors for local history month insidecroydon.com/2026/04/24/t... #Croydon #History @englishheritage.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
Lovely picture of 3 stages of Lewisham's development, viewed from where Plough Bridge 'pocket park' is today (near Premier Inn): - old houses of Bridge Place that pre-date the (neighbouring) original railway station - St Stephen's terrace, 1860s housing post-railway - King's Hall cinema, opened 1912
Come along, get involved and have a say in running your local Amenity Society to help improve living in Ladywell. @ladywell-live.bsky.social @brockleyfox.bsky.social @lovese4.bsky.social @longlazylewisham.bsky.social @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social
Bit of a gap between posts while I work up material from a big research project, but hopefully this will be of interest in the meantime...
Long & Lazy Lewisham@longlazylewisham.bsky.social · 5mo agoHenry Grubb was a miser who lived in Lewisham in its final days as a village, leaving money hidden in his filthy home by the Black Bull inn. This is his story: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/h...
Henry Grubb was a miser who lived in Lewisham in its final days as a village, leaving money hidden in his filthy home by the Black Bull inn. This is his story: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/h...
Henry Grubb: miser of Lewisham
We’ve had a bit of a gap between posts, but more are coming soon. In the meantime, this is the story of a Lewisham character well known locally in the middle 19th century… One morning i…
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Nice view of the southern end of Rushey Green around 1900 (with St Laurence's church looming over the old fire station) - and a modern equivalent from google streetview (showing Catford Broadway theatre and the Catford Cat)
These talks look great. Sadly I'll be away that week, otherwise I'd be heading along.
Transpontine@transpontine.bsky.social · 6mo agoTwo events coming up in Telegraph Hill Festival this month - a New Cross music history walk, and a talk on 'New Cross from fields to factories in the 19th century' + first chance to buy new book 'New Cross, New Cross: a cultural history of SE14'. Details here: transpont.blogspot.com/2026/03/tele...
🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates! For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
Nice postcard picture of #Lewisham Obelisk junction, posted in 1915. Shows the fountain and toilet, and on the right both the Sainsbury's grocery and J Sainsbury's drapery store (Obelisk House). @sainsburyarchive.bsky.social
This looks like a great project. I looked in depth at the work of WW1 tribunals in Essex for my DPhil thesis: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid... Have been thinking recently of doing a bit of work on Lewisham tribunal for my current blog too.
Citizens at war: the experience of the Great War in Essex, 1914-1918 - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
This thesis examines the experiences and attitudes of civilians in Essex during the First World War, 1914-1918. Through these it explores the reasons for people’s continued support for the war and how...
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Norfolk Record Office@norfolkro.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe're excited to be a part of a project led by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund called “Grounds for Appeal: First World War Military Service Appeal Tribunals in Great Britain”. More info here - wshc.org.uk.
Update given after flooding saw hundreds of residents forced to leave a major new development www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2026/01/23/l...
Lewisham offer update on potential opening after major flood at new development - Murky Depths
Lewisham Council have offered an update on proposed opening of Lewisham Gateway after a flood hit the site last year
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Ooooh turns out we have *4* Oscar nominees from Lewisham bsky.app/profile/pmde...
Paul Dempsey@pmdempsey.com · 8mo agoJude Law
'All Together Now' - a 1978 anti-racist festival in Deptford organised by the All Lewisham Campaign against Racism and Fascism with the Albany. The latter was set on fire later that year in a suspected far right arson attack. More here transpont.blogspot.com/2026/01/all-...
All Together Now - 1978 Deptford anti-racist festival
All Together Now was an anti-racist festival held in Deptford in April 1978. According to a contemporary report: ''All Together Now' was t...
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Only learned recently - from the parish records at St Mary's Lewisham - that until 1751 the new year in England started on 25 March not 1 Jan. So here the last baptism of 1715 was on Feb 6th, the first of 1716 on 28 March
Hope Santa's made it to your house before his mishap over Lewisham Obelisk. Merry Christmas everyone. 🎄
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
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