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The Glebe was a mid-19th century development of large detached houses on what had been the glebe land of the Rector of Lee. The occupants seen in the first photograph taken about 1910 were Morris William Brown, a draper, and his family. The second photograph shows Morris William Brown and his wife Emily taking tea in the conservatory. The conservatory as a half-outdoor sitting room, rather than a greenhouse for growing plants, was very much a Victorian development.

Jack In The Green, Deptford, c.1910(Thankfull Sturdee Collection)

Sepia Photograph of James Collingwood, draper's store. View showing shoppers, carriages and prams. C. 1910

There was little need for state education in Forest Hill during the 19th century, when the numerous private schools catered for the middle classes and the church schools for the working classes. However, the many smaller houses built south of Stanstead Road in the 1890s, of which these in Elsinore Road are typical, overstreched the churches. The London County Council stepped in with the Kilmorie Road School, built in 1903. It was damaged during World War II, but has been restored.

The last substantial part of Forest Hill to be built was the area between Stanstead Road and Perry Hill, which was the furthest from the station. Kilmorie Road, seen here, dates from the 1890s, when modest terraces had become the standard, rather than the detached and semi-detached houses of Forest Hill's more oppulent days. The view is towards Stanstead Road.

Black and white Photograph of Knapton & Sons, oil and colour specialists, no. 401, High Street. Shop exterior shows a profusion of wares. A commercial handcart is standing at the kerb and a request car stop sign is displayed on a lampost. 1912

Knapton & Sons, Perry Hill c.1912

The photograph shows Ladywell Bridge, which crosses the Ravensbourne river and the railway, before it was widened in 1937 - 1938. The first road bridge over the river was built in 1830 and extended to cover the railway in 1856. Before 1830 there was a footbridge only, and vehicles forded the Ravensbourne. The houses on the right were built in 1858, the year after the opening of Ladywell Station.

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.

Black and White postcard showing a tug-of-war in progress outside Ladywell Lodge as a military hospital

The electric trams from Lewisham to Lee Green began operating in May 1907. As this photograph shows, laying the tracks had caused considerable disruption. The trams terminated here at Lee Green until 1920 when they were extended to Eltham Hill. Fares on trams were cheaper than on trains, which meant that more people could afford to live in Lee and travel to work.

The houses on the right at this eastern end of Leahurst Road were recent in 1910. The school being built on the left, designed to meet the needs of this increasing population of railway commuters close to Hither Green Station, was the Manor Lane (now Lee Manor) School, the second in Leahurst Road.