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Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, c.1920
Parts of Abbey Wood are in the Borough of Bexley

Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, Bostall, Bexley, c.1920

  

Knee Hill forms the boundary between the modern boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich and the ancient parishes of Plumstead and Erith. After 1889, it also formed the boundary between the counties of Kent and London.

Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, Bostall, Bexley, c.1920

Tthe ancient woodland on either side of the road was purchased in two parcels, one in 1877 and the other in 1894, by the Metropolitan Board of Works and its successor, the London County Council, to safeguard it from development.
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Images of Abbey Wood
 
Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, Bostall, Bexley, c.1920
Knee Hill,
Abbey Wood, c.1920
 
Aerial View of Abbey Wood and Plumstead Marshes, c.1960
Aerial View of
Abbey Wood and
Plumstead Marshes, c.1960
 
Wilton Road and Abbey Wood Station, Abbey Wood, 2002
Wilton Road and
Abbey Wood Station,
Abbey Wood, 2002
 
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