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Lynton Road, LONDON, SE1 5DR

By John Hayward

Photo taken opposite Raymouth Road with Drummond Road just past the petrol station. On Thursday 26-10-1944 a VII rocket bomb hit the bridge killing 8 people. Temporary bridge constructed and then on Sunday 05-11-1944 another VII hit the bridge killing 3 people and destroying the temporary structure. Bridge took its name from the 'John Bull' pub that was under the bridge and on the right in Bermondsey.

It would be hard to disguise the fact that this 'court' was originally a church. In fact, St Augustine's was one of the largest churches in South London, built in 1875-1883 to the designs of Henry Jarvis, and seated 950 people. That was one reason for its proposed closure when the parish merged with that of St Anne Image in 1970 but in fact it was not formally declared redundant by the Church of England until 1995. After a short period of lease to another Christian group it was sold in 2005 for conversion to residential use. The building remains listed grade 2*.

The Academy is not actually in the City of London - the name reflects the Corporation of London's input as sponsors. It is a state secondary school situated on the junction of Lynton Road and St James Road, Bermondsey, and the present buildings opened in 2005. Their website is http://www.cityacademy.co.uk/

It is a state secondary school situated on the junction of Lynton Road and St James Road (in front). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_london_academy for more details about the academy.

The road rises at this point to the bridge over the route of former railway line - for a view of the bridge from the road underneath see Image The building at left is a school Image

The Crescent is one of several residential streets occupying former railway land. This photo is of a spur at its northern end that becomes a cycle path linking to Lynton Road.

Taken in 1951 this photo, looking north along St James' Road (towards Southwark Park Road in the far distance), shows the prefabs on the east side of St James' Road between Fort Road and Strathnairn Street. The corner shop behind the lady's shoulder used to be a bagwash and is on the corner of Strathnairn Street and St James' Road. The prefabs have long since gone and Townsend House now stands on the site.

Houses on Stevenson Crescent, SE16. This land had previously been the route of the railway to Bricklayer's Arms goods depot.