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Blessington Road, Lee, Lewisham, c.1960

Blessington Road, Lee, Lewisham, c.1900

  

This view looks east along Blessington Road.

The area was developed in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Substantial detached and semi-detached houses were typical.

After wartime bomb damage nearby a larger area was redeveloped as Council housing in the 1960s.
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Exchequer Place, Lewisham, c. 1870
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St Stephen's Terrace, Lewisham, 1980
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