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Haymaking, Crofton Park, Brockley, c. 1910

Haymaking, Crofton Park, Brockley, c. 1910

This field was part of the Brockley Hall land, and was not built until the 1930s.

 

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Haymaking in a field opposite St.Hildas Church, Crofton Park.

There was increasing house-building in Brockley at this time, and the new houses in Crofton Park Road can be seen beyond the hayfield.
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