London County Council map 1930

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By 1930 Hither Green's last country house, Mountsfield, had been demolished, and its grounds turned into a park.

The rest of the area was covered with closely-packed housing, except for the quiet enclave of The Woodlands, south of the hospital, where more intensive development began in 1933.