Mottingham Village Sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Mottingham Village Sign by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 6 Mar 2020
Going through miles of suburbs it's easy to forget that many of these places were ancient settlements long before London caught up with them. The earliest records of Mottingham are from 862 AD when it was recorded as Modingahema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottingham