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Dowanhill Road, Catford, Lewisham, 1910

Dowanhill Road, Catford, Lewisham, 1910

Among the new population was an unusually large proportion of the clerical classes.

  

Map of Dowanhill Road - Click to enlarge

The vast grid of streets enclosed by Brownhill Road, Verdant Lane, Hazelbank Road, Muirkirk and Fillans Road (the St Germans or Corbett Estate), were laid out mainly in the late 1890s. They created a landscape of relentless respectability.

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Images of Catford
 
Laurel Cottage, Rushey Green, Catford, c. 1880
Laurel Cottage,
Rushey Green,
Catford, c. 1880
 
The Elms, Elm Lane, Catford, c. 1910
The Elms,
Elm Lane,
Catford, c. 1910
 
Lewisham Hippodrome, 135 - 137 Rushey Green, Catford, c. 1912
Lewisham Hippodrome,
135-137 Rushey Green,
Catford, c. 1912
 
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