by Diary | Jul 13, 2023 | Natural History, News, Uncategorised
Lyndhurst Square, off Lyndhurst Way, is a very small square in the Holly Grove Conservation Area. It is truly a ‘pocket park’ and very different from the Community Playground of Leyton Square described in our Autumn issue. It is little more than a small strip of...
by Diary | Jul 5, 2023 | News, Transport, Uncategorised
By the 1870s the St Mary le Strand charity estate stretched for 789 feet along the Old Kent Road. It was covered by about thirty houses and shops; the terrace along the south side was known as St Mary-le-Strand Place. In 1866 the London Brighton and South Coast...
by Diary | Jul 5, 2023 | Memory Lane, News, Uncategorised
This large house formerly stood in Charles Street, just off the Old Kent Road roughly where Drovers Place is today. It was built by the parochial authorities of St Mary le Strand to serve as a workhouse; the foundation stone was laid on 29 June 1811 by Strand...