Articles and Contributions
The Ideal Homes: a history of south-east London suburbs website was designed and produced by the University of Greenwich. Its content was provided by a dedicated group of librarians, archivists and historians from London's Boroughs: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and, increasingly, by members of the public with strong south-east London connections, all around the world.
Histories
- Abbey Wood
- Bankside
- Barnehurst
- Beckenham
- Bellingham
- Belvedere
- Bermondsey
- Bexley Village
- Bexleyheath
- Bickley
- Biggin Hill
- Blackfen
- Blackheath
- Blackheath Park
- Borough
- Bostall
- Brixton
- Brixton Hill
- Brockley
- Bromley
- Bromley Common
- Camberwell
- Catford
- Central Greenwich
- Charlton
- Chelsfield
- Chislehurst
- Clapham
- Cray Valley
- Crayford
- Crystal Palace
- Cudham
- Deptford
- Deptford New Town
- Downe
- Downham
- Dulwich
- East Dulwich
- Eltham
- Erith
- Farnborough
- Foots Cray
- Forest Hill
- Greenwich Peninsula
- Grove Park
- Hayes
- Herne Hill
- Hither Green
- Kennington
- Keston
- Kidbrooke
- Ladywell
- Lambeth North
- Lee
- Lewisham
- London Borough of Bexley
- London Borough of Bromley
- London Borough of Greenwich
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London Borough of Lewisham
- London Borough of Southwark
- Mottingham
- New Cross
- New Eltham
- North Cray
- Northumberland Heath
- Norwood
- Nunhead
- Orpington
- Peckham
- Penge
- Plumstead
- Rotherhithe
- Shooters Hill
- Sidcup
- Slade Green
- Southend
- Stockwell
- Sydenham
- Tulse Hill
- Vauxhall
- Walworth
- Welling and East Wickham
- West Wickham
- Woolwich
Case Studies
- The Story of Biggin Hill: a plotlands development and post-war exurb in Greater London
- Blackheath: A middle class estate of the 18th and early 19th centuries
- Cator Estate
- Danson: A private development of the 1930s
- Deptford New Town: A 19th century working class estate
- Downham Estate: Its Origins and Early History
- From country to suburb: The why and the how of suburban development. A universal phenomenon with examples from south-east London.
- Norwood: From 19th century common land to City commuters
- Petts Wood: The making of a 1920s garden suburb
- Plumstead: A 19th suburb of Woolwich's industrial and military might
- Progress Estate
- St George's Fields, Southwark: From a grand 18th century suburb to 19th century inner-city slums
- Streatham: A 19th century dormitory suburb
- Thamesmead: A late 20th century New Town
Your Contributions
- 1 Maudsley Road, Well Hall Estate, Eltham, c. 1920
- 35 Crook Log, Bexleyheath, c. 1980
- Besley Stores, Besley Street, Streatham, c.1961
- Brockley Central School 1910 - 2003
- Chislehurst West (now High Street), Chislehurst, 1897
- Christ Church, South Road, Forest Hill, 1850
- Coronation Party, Springbank Road, Lewisham, June 1953
- Coronation Party, Greenwich Market, Greenwich, 2nd June 1953
- Coronation Street Party, Camberwell, 1937
- Art Gallery and Technical School, Camberwell, c. 1910
- 28 George Lane, Catford, 1979
- Kenneth Wright recalls life in New Cross from the 1920s
- Knights Hill, West Norwood, 1946
- Lambeth School, Elder Road, West Norwood, c. 1920
- 1 Perry Street, Chislehurst, c. 1900
- Plumstead Baths, 1912
- 39 Rosenthal Road, Catford, c. 1939 & 2003
- Royal Arsenal Workers, c.1910
- 51 Silvermere Road, Catford, c. 1913
- 160 Springbank Road, Lewisham, c. 1955 & 1966
- Sunbury, Peckham Rye, Peckham, 1871
- The Lake in Danson Park, Welling, 1986
- The Temple, St Mary Cray, c. 1900
- Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, Upper Marsh, Lambeth North, 1893
- The Woodman Public House, Blackfen Road, Blackfen, 1991
- Woolwich County School, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, c. 1929
