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Black and White photograph showing exterior of the Duke, Creek Road, 1960 (courtesy of Whitbread London Ltd, Whitbread House, Park Street West, Luton)

The Elms was built as a farmhouse, probably in the 1780s, after the partial demolition of the Tudor mansion known as Place House, where the farmer had lived until then. The bay windows were added c.1870. The gradual break-up of the old Place House farm after 1850 made much of western Catford available for building.

Much of the early suburban development of Hither Green in the years around 1800 was made possible by the piecemeal enclosure of wasteland bordering Hither Green Lane. In 1788 Lord Dartmouth leased the site on which two semi-detached houses, later called the Elms and the Chesnuts, were built. The early tenants included shopkeepers from Leadenhall Street and The Strand, and a Bermondsey vinegar manufacturer. The Elms later became the St. Mary's Mission House It was demolished around 1891 to provide part of the site for St. Swithun's Church. The other house, known as the Chestnuts, became the vicarage in 1886 and is now the oldest building in Hither Green.

The Firs, Boone's Chapel On Far Right, Lee

The Grange, Grove Park

Black and White Photograph of The Hall Drive

Black and White photograph showing exterior of the Harp of Erin, corner of Evelyn Street, New King Street and Watergate Street

Black and White photo of the exterior of 157-159 Burnt Ash Hill, 1930s. These buildings have since been demolished: the site is next to Ash Hill Garage on the south side

Black and White photo of the exterior of this address, 6/9/1983

Black and White photograph showing exterior of the Mansion House, Evelyn Street, corner of Rolt Street

Black and White photo of the exterior and entrance of The Mount

Black and White photograph showing exterior of the Noah's Ark, corner of Evelyn Street