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Deptford, The Old Bakery In Mill Lane From A Watercolour Mid 19th Century (Thankful Sturdee Collection)

Deptford, The Old Pier From A Watercolour Dated 1841 (Thankful Sturdee Collection)

Deptford, The Old Pottery & Lime Kiln From A Watercolour Dated 1841 (Thankful Sturdee Collection)

Deptford, The Roman Eagle, Church Street From A Watercolour Mid 19th Century (Thankful Sturdee Collection)

Black and White postcard showing the exterior of the station and local businesses; Chalk and Cox (right) and W.H. Cullens Stores (left), c. late 1890s

Black and White photo of the exterior of the station showing members of the public and horse drawn carriages, c.1890s

Hurst Lodge was built circa 1837 in the style of large houses that characterised Lee at that time. Its first tenant was a shipowner. At the time of this photograph it was occupied by Robert Kersey, a successful financier and industrialist. In the 1920s the house was taken over by Patterson Edwards, pram and rocking horse manufacturers, and it was later a record warehouse. Hurst Lodge was demolished in the 1980s.

Dr. Robert Breton's School, [Old Deptford Benevolent School] Deptford Green, Late 19th Century (Thankful Sturdee Collection)

New suburbs were a magnet for architects and builders, who when successful left an indelible mark on the areas in which they worked. E. C. Christmas set up his own business in this converted and expanded cottage in 55 Dartmouth Road around 1890. Consequently, his career stretched from an age when he was building large detached houses in the old Forest Hill tradition, to the less expensive years between the wars when he made a living by converting similar buildings into flats. In the Perry Vale area, where his style is still pervasive, he made a curious bid for immortality by giving his houses names of which the first letters spelt out 'Ted Christmas' and 'Laura' his wife.

colour artwork showing exterior of Ebenezer Chapel, King Street (now Harton Street) by Frederick Ashford, 1856

Eliot Place, a row of detached and semi-detached houses on the edge of the Heath, was built between 1795 and 1802. It survives intact except for No. 9, which was rebuilt in 1911. Benjamin Disraeli went to school there and a blue plaque records the residence of Sir James Clark Ross, the polar explorer, at No.2. The part of the Heath opposite became a semi-private playing field for the boarding schools in Eliot Place. Engraving published by Rock & Co, 11th August 1864

Entrance Gate Trinity Almshouses, Church Street, Deptford 1871