Penge london history

Southeastern services between London Victoria and Orpington operate from Penge East railway station originally named Penge Lane [20] but renamed after the portion of Penge Lane in proximity to the station was itself renamed. The typical off-peak service is four trains an hour northbound to London Victoria via Herne Hill and Brixton and four trains an hour southbound to Orpington via Bromley South.

The final down service is a semi-express terminating at Swanley. In the s, Penge was also a terminus for the short-lived Crystal Palace pneumatic railway. After the Crystal Palace was moved to Penge Place, a fashionable day out was to visit the Crystal Palace during the day and to take the tram down the hill to one of the 'twenty-five pubs to the square mile' [21] or two Music Halls:The King's Hall and the Empire Theatre.

Greenslade: This is the BBC light program. We present the all leather Goon Show. For the benefit of listeners who are listening we present 'The Plasticine Man'. The curtain rises on a window revealing the waiting room of the East Penge labour exchange.

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West Kent and the Weald. London: Penguin, , p. Vol III. William Hone, London: p June Industrial Minerals Film Pioneer [Henry Howse]. The Salvationist 15 May : 10, www1. London Borough of Bromley. Before the arrival of the Crystal Palace the area was known as Sydenham Hill. Penge formed a part of the large parish of Battersea when it was located in Surrey , with the historic county boundary with Kent forming its eastern boundary.

However the London Government Act subsequently made provision for Penge to be removed from the County of London and annexed to either Surrey or Kent.

The urban district was abolished in by the London Government Act , and its former area merged with that of other districts to form the London Borough of Bromley.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Penge. Wikipedia provides a lot of information on the history and the buildings of Penge. Administrative boundaries of the county of Surrey Surrey History Centre. The centre has a website with a number of useful indexes--titheholders in various parishes, deaths at the county gaol, etc.

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The Tea Gardens closed down in , outshone by the new, gleaming Crystal Palace, and the Victorian build continued apace. Visitors to the Palace went down to Penge to partake of the twenty or so pubs then trading successfully. The oldest surviving police station in London until was built in Affluent, even illustrious, people moved into the area.

The celebrated poet and ghost-story writer, Walter de la Mare, wrote some of his best work while living in Anerley from to Penge grew from a hamlet of only 1, inhabitants in to the 18, or so we have now. The Penge Urban District Council was created in and lasted until until taken over by Bromley. Trade and commerce thrived with great stores like Rogers with its art deco restaurant and a colourful Maple Road market. Penge aspired to being a centre of entertainment with the splendid new Empire Theatre, opened by the celebrated music hall star, Marie Lloyd, in Many great artists such as Frankie Laine and Bruce Forsyth played there.

The theatre had its own repertory company, presenting a new show every week. Many residents still remember the lavish pantomimes. A casualty of the impact of television and possibly its rival, the more modern Odeon, it was demolished in the early sixties.