In this third and final post on Colfe’s Almshouses, we will turn our focus to the people who lived in these houses on the High Street from the 17th to the 20th centuries. In previous posts we have …

A plaque is unveiled in honour of the victims of one of Britain's worst ever train crashes.

Lewisham Council has scaled back plans to redevelop Catford town centre and scrapped a scheme to reroute the South Circular Road through the area.

Changes to a Greenwich building frontage formerly home to a bank have been rejected for ignoring the local context in its design

This is the second of three blog posts about Colfe’s Almshouses, which stood on the High Street near the parish church of St Mary from the 1660s until the 1950s. The previous post told the story of…

In this new set of posts, we are skipping a little ahead in the tour of Lewisham High Street to visit a site between St Mary’s church and the hospital. In the late 1950s, a set of ruined, war…

In this new set of posts, we are skipping a little ahead in the tour of Lewisham High Street to visit a site between St Mary’s church and the hospital. In the late 1950s, a set of ruined, war…

Join us for a creative workshop about Lewisham Market's history. We will share stories and photos from the archives and have creative activities for you to engage with.Do you have memories of shopping in the market?Have you worked in the market, or do you have a family connection with someone who worked there?We invite you to bring along any stories, images or memorabilia you have about the history and heritage of Lewisham's market.These workshops are part of Stall Tales - a joint project between University for The Creative Arts and Lewisham Heritage.

The Great War had a global impact, but it was experienced my millions of individuals, families and communities across the world. By focussing on one street in South London, we can see something of …

We’ve had a bit of a gap between posts, but more are coming soon. In the meantime, this is the story of a Lewisham character well known locally in the middle 19th century… One morning i…

This thesis examines the experiences and attitudes of civilians in Essex during the First World War, 1914-1918. Through these it explores the reasons for people’s continued support for the war and how...

Lewisham Council have offered an update on proposed opening of Lewisham Gateway after a flood hit the site last year

The London house where Bowie, then David Jones, lived from 1955 to 1968 will be opened at the end of 2027 On the evening of 6 July 1972, thousands of kids across the UK had their lives changed when the sight of David Bowie performing Starman on Top of the Pops was beamed into their living rooms. Come the end of 2027, Bowie fans will be able to walk the very floorboards where the young David Jones grew up, when his childhood home in Bromley, south London, is opened to the public for the first time. Ahead of the 10th anniversary of Bowie’s death this weekend (he would have turned 79 on Thursday), the Heritage of London Trust has announced that it has acquired the two-up, two-down house at 4 Plaistow Grove where Bowie lived from 1955 to 1968. Continue reading...

All Together Now was an anti-racist festival held in Deptford in April 1978.  According to a contemporary report:  ''All Together Now' was t...

A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.

More than 400 residents who were evacuated from the new Lewisham Gateway development in February might not be able to return home until late next year, the building’s landlord has said. A major leak…

Lewisham Model Market is to return in spring 2026 in a sign that redeveloping Lewisham shopping centre isn't happening anytime soon

Somewhere in Lewisham Heritage’s storage is a wooden frame containing yellowed paper with a long list of names. Across the top are the words “Paris House Roll of Honour”. During the First World War…

This is the second of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, looking at local Lewisham men who served in the Great War. In the previous post, we met a war hero who survived the conflict and…

This is the first of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, each telling the story of someone from Lewisham who served in the First World War. The second will be about an unusual war grave …

This is the second of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, looking at local Lewisham men who served in the Great War. In the previous post, we met a war hero who survived the conflict and…

Church will now hold ceremony for the private, who died of complications from gas attack wounds.

This is the first of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, each telling the story of someone from Lewisham who served in the First World War. The second will be about an unusual war grave …