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Well Hall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Well Hall

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Well Hall history

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In 1100 Jordan de Briset Lord of Clerkenwell was recorded as owning two manors in the Eltham area East-Horne and Well-hawe or Well-hall. In around 1525 Tudor Barn which still stands today was constructed for William Roper next to the Well Hall manor house. In the 1730s, art collector, landowner, and baronet, Sir Gregory Page bought the property of Well Hall for £19,000 and had the mansion, which was then dilapidated, demolished.

History of administration

Well Hall was historically within the Hundred of Blackheath in the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, in the west division of the county of Kent . In 1889 the parish of Eltham became part of the newly created County of London .

History of transport

In 1905 the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich council built Well Hall Road, a straight paved road, replacing the smaller winding country lane named Well Hall Lane, and Woolwich Lane, which went north from Eltham High Street through Well Hall toward Woolwich . In 1910 trams started running from Woolwich to Woolwich and were the last in London to be withdrawn in 1952 . Motorised buses began being used in the Woolwich borough in 1913 .

Eltham Well Hall rail crash

On 11 June 1972 at approximately 21:35, a train with a diesel locomotive and 10 coaches derailed near Eltham Well Hall station, when the driver took a sharp bend too fast . The speed limit for that section of track was 20 miles per hour (32 kilometres per hour) The first four coaches left the rails and came to rest at an angle to the track, the second and third coaches on their sides .

Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Stephen Lawrence an 18-year-old Black British man from Plumstead was murdered in a racially motivated attack in 1993 . The case became a cause célèbre and one of the highest profile racial killings in UK history . Two of the perpetrators were convicted almost 20 years later in 2012 .

You can visit Well Hall places with Walkfo Well Hall to hear history at Well Hall’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Well Hall has 123 places to visit in our interactive Well Hall map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Well Hall, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Well Hall places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Well Hall & the surrounding areas.

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123 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Well Hall tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Well Hall

  

Best Well Hall places to visit

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Well Hall has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Well Hall’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Well Hall’s information audio spots:

Gilbert’s Pit Gilbert’s Pit is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Charlton . It was notified in 1985 and was formerly known as Charlton Sand Pit . It adjoins Maryon Park and is close to Maryon Wilson Park .

Charlton cemetery Charlton cemetery is a cemetery, opened in 1855, covering 15 acres of ground in Charlton, south-east London . Situated in Cemetery Lane to the east of Charlton Park, features two 19th-century chapels and numerous military graves .

Victoria House, Greenwich Victoria House, Greenwich on Shooter’s Hill in Greenwich is the former officers mess’ and living quarters for the Royal Army Medical Corps . It is a “Building of Local Architectural or Historic Interest”

Greenwich Cemetery Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London . It is situated on the southwestern slopes of Shooter’s Hill, on the western side of the A205 South Circular, Well Hall Road .

Mycenae House Mycenae House is a community centre housed in a former convent building adjacent to the Georgian villa, Woodlands House, in Greenwich, London .

Severndroog Castle Severndroog Castle is a folly designed by architect Richard Jupp . The first stone was laid on 2 April 1784, with the first stone laid in 1784 .

Bathway Quarter Most buildings in the Bathway Quarter are Grade II* Grade II or locally listed . The area as a whole is designated a conservation area by Greenwich Council . Several were designed by local architect Henry Hudson Church .

Shrewsbury Barrow Shrewsbury Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound (also known as a tumulus) in Shooter’s Hill in South East London . It is a Scheduled Monument .

Woolwich cemetery Woolwich cemetery is situated south-east of Woolwich, in Kings Highway, Plumstead, on land that was formerly part of Plumstead Common . The first cemetery was opened in 1856 by the Woolwich Burial Board and the 12-acre site was almost full within 30 years . In 1885, a new cemetery was established on adjacent land to the east, and contains graves of those who died in explosions at the Royal Arsenal .

Boone’s Chapel Boone’s Chapel is a single-storey building attributed to Sir Christopher Wren and built in 1683 . The chapel is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England .

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