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Map of the Downham Estate as planned in 1923

Map of the Downham Estate as planned in 1923
Plan by C. Topham Forrest, London County Council, 1923

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This plan shows the Downham Estate as conceived by C. Topham Forrest, the London County Council's architect, in 1923, the year before building work began.

The plan also shows part of the 'Whitefoot Lane Site', an extension of the estate to the north, which was not built until the late 1930s.


< Historical Maps of the London Borough of Lewisham

 
Historical maps of Lewisham
 
Map of New Cross, c. 1743
 
Map of Sydenham, c. 1797
Sydenham, c. 1797
 
Map of Southend, 1930
 
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