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Ladywell Fields Exploding Sausage 1974

Black and White postcard showing Ladywell Fields from Railway Terrace

Ladywell Fields Gala 1973 Clowns

Black and White postcard showing the view of Lewisham Hospital from Ladywell Fields

Ladywell Fields Looking Towards Rear Of Lewisham Hospital

Ladywell Fields Rustic Bridge Over River Ravensbourne

Ladywell Fields Sheepdog Trials 1 1974

Ladywell Fields Sheepdog Trials 2 1974

Ladywell Fields Start Of The 80 Yards Flat, Ladies 14 16 Race At Ladywell Track Jubilee Celebrations 23 Sep 1950

Ladywell Fields The Pavilion & Spectators At The Ladywell Track Jubilee Celebrations 23 Sep 1950

Ladywell Fields, formerly called (and still well known locally as) Ladywell Recreation Ground, was purchased for a public open space in 1889, to serve the growing population of Lewisham and Catford. The land had been water meadows, and much work on flood prevention had to be done before the park could be opened to the public. Six of these rustic bridges were built across the Ravensbourne to link the two sides of the park.

The houses in Ladywell Road, then called Baines Villas, had probably been built in 1858 as a response to the railway's arrival. On the left is Ladywell Road and the bridge over the Ravensbourne. The line of fence-posts shows the river bank. On the south side, animals graze on what is not yet Ladywell (Fields) Recreation Ground. In the foreground is the garden attached to Ladywell Station and in the distance are Lewisham Congregational Church and the back of Lewisham House.