Well Hall
Well Hall | |
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Well Hall Road, London in 2006. | |
Location within Greater London | |
OS grid reference | TQ425749 |
• Charing Cross | 8.4 mi (13.5 km) ESE |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | SE9 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Well Hall is a place to the north of
Name and toponymy
In 1100 two manors were recorded in the Eltham area, East-Horne and Well-hawe or Well-hall,[3] probably corresponding to the areas later named Horn Park and Well Hall. The place was recorded as Wellehawe in 1401, then as Welhawe in 1446, meaning "a hedged enclosure by a spring or stream" from the Old English word Wella or Welle a spring or stream, and haga or hawe a hedged enclosure.[4] On a 1746 map published by John Rocque it was recorded as Wale Hall,[5] possibly erroneously. On a map by Emanuel Bowen from around 1762 it was also called Well Place.[4] It was recorded as Well Hall on a 1797 map by Edward Hasted[6] and in an 1801 Ordnance Survey map.[4] The Hall part of the name refers to a Tudor mansion house that previously existed there built in the early sixteenth century.[4]
History
In 1100 Jordan de Briset Lord of Clerkenwell was recorded as owning two manors in the Eltham area East-Horne and Well-hawe or Well-hall;
During the Second World War, on 14 February 1944, Iris Miriam Deeley, a leading aircraftwoman with No 1 Balloon Centre
History of administration
As part of the
later renamed Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2012.History of transport
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Black_and_white_photograph_of_a_tram_travelling_on_Well_Road.png/280px-Black_and_white_photograph_of_a_tram_travelling_on_Well_Road.png)
In 1905 the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich council built Well Hall Road, a straight paved road, replacing the smaller winding country lane named Well Hall Lane, and Woolwich Lane, which went north from Eltham High Street through Well Hall toward Woolwich.[9] In 1910 trams started running along Well Hall Road from Woolwich to Eltham.[9][17][18] In 1913 motorised buses began being used in the Woolwich borough and gradually replaced the horsebuses that were previously used.[17] In 1932 another tram route was created along Westhorne Avenue running through Well Hall.[17][18] The trams ran until the early 1950s when they were gradually phased out.[17] In 1952 the trams in the Metropolitan borough of Woolwich ceased running and were the last in London to be withdrawn.[17][18]
In the late nineteenth century, there were several proposals to build a railway line from London to Bexleyheath along different routes by numerous companies. The
Eltham Well Hall rail crash
On 11 June 1972 at approximately 21:35, a train with a diesel locomotive and 10 coaches derailed near Eltham Well Hall station, when the driver took a sharp bend too fast. The speed limit for that section of track was 20 miles per hour (32 kilometres per hour), but according to eyewitness accounts, the train entered the bend travelling at about 65 miles per hour (105 kilometres per hour).[20][21] The locomotive and first four coaches left the rails and came to rest at an angle to the track, the second and third coaches on their sides. The next five coaches were derailed but the 10th was not. Train driver Robert Wilsdon and five passengers were killed in the derailment, plus another 126 people were injured. An investigation revealed that the driver was intoxicated by alcohol.[20][21]
Murder of Stephen Lawrence
On the evening 22 April 1993,
Transport
Roads
There are several
Buses
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Eltham_highstreet_1.jpg/200px-Eltham_highstreet_1.jpg)
There are several bus stops along both sides of Well Hall Road,
Rail
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Eltham_railway_station%2C_Greater_London.jpg/200px-Eltham_railway_station%2C_Greater_London.jpg)
Education
Progress Estate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Eltham_houses_4.jpg/280px-Eltham_houses_4.jpg)
The
Well Hall Pleasaunce and Tudor Barn
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Tudor_Barn.jpg/220px-Tudor_Barn.jpg)
On the west side of Well Hall Road in Well Hall Pleasaunce is the
In 1933 the
Coronet Cinema
The Coronet Cinema is located on Well Hall Road, by Well Hall Roundabout, it is a
Blackheath F.C.
Blackheath Football Club is a rugby union club, whose grounds are located on Kidbrooke Lane, north of Well Hall Pleasaunce and can hold 1650 spectators, 550 seated. They play National League 1, the third tier of the English rugby union system, in Well Hall, having moved from the famous Rectory Field in Blackheath at the end of the 2015–16 season. The club was founded in 1858 and is the oldest open rugby club in the world since becoming open in 1862 and is also the third-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world.
Notable people
- William Roper, (c. 1496 – 1578) lawyer and member of parliament, owned and lived at Well Hall in the 16th century with his wife Margaret, and ordered the building of Tudor Barn[3][8]
- Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet, (c. 1695 – 1775) art collector, landowner, and baronet, bought Well Hall manor in the 1730s and had it demolished and rebuilt.[9]
- John Arnold, (1736–1799) watchmaker and inventor, owned watchmaking factory in Well Hall, in the 1780s and 90s where he died.
- Edith Nesbit, (1858–1924) author (mainly of children's books), co-founder of the Fabian Society, lived in Well Hall from 1899 to 1921.[8][9]
- Hubert Bland, (1855–1914) husband of Edith Nesbit, journalist, and socialist. Lived with his wife at Well Hall from 1899 until his death there in 1914.[8][9]
- Bob Hope, (1903–2003) actor, singer and comedian was born in a terraced house, at 44 Craigton Road in Well Hall.[40][41] A Blue memorial plaque, issued in 1996 is present on the front of the house.[42]
- Frankie Howerd, (1917–1992) comedian and actor lived in Well Hall as a child in Arbroath Road.[9] The church hall of St Barnabas' Church on Rochester Way was renamed The Frankie Howerd Centre in the 1980s, he was a member of the choir at the church in his youth.[43]
- Sylvia Syms, (b. 1934) movie, television and movie actress. Grew up in Well Hall in Maudsley Road in the 1930s.[9]
Nearest areas
References
- ^ Distance measured using Google Maps
- ^ ISBN 0-583-33291-9shows borough boundary, place location, roads, and distance to Charing Cross
- ^ a b c d e Daniel Lysons, Eltham entry, in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 394–421. [accessed 26 May 2017]. from British History Online ([1])
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-956678-5
- ^ a b Map of Eltham and Kidbrooke, Engraved by Richard Parr, surveyed and published by John Rocque, 1746 (map [2])
- ^ The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 by Edward Hasted (map) (Canterbury, 1797), posted at British History Online
- ^ a b c Parishes: Eltham entry, of The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 by Edward Hasted (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 455–491. Available at British History Online (Online entry: [British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol1/pp455-491]) [accessed 27 May 2017].
- ^ a b c d e f g "Tudor Barn". Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-550-10326-0 (online extract [3])
- ^ a b "Well Hall Pleasaunce". Historic England. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Ernest Kemp". British Military & Criminal History: 1900 to 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ISBN 9781445665030.
- ^ "Remember Leading Aircraftwoman Iris Miriam DEELEY". Remember Them. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Borough of Woolwich CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235698 Date. Retrieved 19 February 2015
- ^ a b F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645. (accessed from A Vision of Britain through Time [4])
- ^ F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 305. (available at A Vision of Britain Through Time [5])
- ^ ISBN 0-950-13520-8 (online extract [6])
- ^ ISBN 1-873-79374-X
- ^ Extract from 1898 6inch to the mile OS map. Mottingham, Eltham High Street and new (1895) Bexleyheath Line Railway. (map [:File:Eltham_map_1898.jpg])
- ^ a b "Accident at Eltham Well Hall on 11th June 1972 :: The Railways Archive". www.railwaysarchive.co.uk.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-11-550303-0.
- ^ "Straw Announces Inquiry into Lawrence Murder". BBC News. 1997. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ "Stephen Lawrence murder: A timeline of how the story unfolded". BBC, 6 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "streetmap". streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Transport for London Buses from Eltham Station and Eltham Church map accessed from [7]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Transport for London Buses from Eltham High Street map accessed from [8]
- ^ 162 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- ^ 233 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- ^ 314 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- ^ 132 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- ^ 161 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- ^ 286 bus route map and bus stop list, accessed from tfl.gov.uk
- OCLC 993964771.
- ^ "Ideal Homes Progress Estate". Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ www.advertisebydesign.co.uk, Lesley Corti, Advertise By Design. "History of Eltham, Mottingham and New Eltham - Royal Borough of Greenwich - London SE9 UK". www.thisiseltham.co.uk.
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- ^ "Well Hall Art Gallery". Historic England. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "Coronet Cinema (1213615)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Coronet Cinema. Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Bob Hope birthplace for sale". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Bob Hope - from Eltham to Hollywood". www.newsshopper.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Plaque: Bob Hope". www.londonremembers.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Frankie Howerd Centre". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Bibliography
- Nicholson Greater London Street Atlas Comprehensive Edition ISBN 0-583-33291-9
- A Dictionary of London Place Names (2001), by A.D. Mills pp. 264–265 "Well Hall" entry ISBN 978-0-19-956678-5
- The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 by Edward Hasted (Canterbury, 1797)
- London Gazetteer by Russ Willey, (ISBN 0-550-10326-0
- The Woolwich Story, 1890–1965 by Edward Francis Ernest Jefferson (Woolwich & District Antiquarian Society, 1970) ISBN 0-950-13520-8
- Eltham and Woolwich tramways (Middleton, 1996) ISBN 1-873-79374-X
External links
- Eltham at British History Online.
- Tudor Barn at www.greenwichheritage.org
- Well Hall at hidden-london.com
- Woolwich Trams, Buses, & Trolleybuses at www.yellins.co.uk
- Well Hall Pleasaunce at historicengland.org.uk
- Recreating the lost Well Hall House at somersetwriters.wordpress.com
- Well Hall at www.wellhall.org.uk