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Knights Hill, LONDON, SE27 0SP

A row of what look like mid-C19th houses on the east side of Knight's Hill. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.

A house dating probably from the early C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them.

On the corner of Chapel Road and Knight's Hill, next to some unsightly recycling bins. The inscription reads: "1861 PRESENTED BY E.H. MOSCROP AND A.W. JAFFRAY ERECTED BY THE METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION"

This is the A215 looking north towards central London.

Estate agents office's on the junction of Chapel Road (on the left) and Weaver Walk (on the right).

These pleasant brick houses probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.

These pleasant brick houses probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.

West Norwood's new fire station opened in November 2014, replacing the previous one on Norwood Road. It cost £5 million and was built on the site of a residential facility owned by a local NHS trust. The far cranes belong to this: Image

The home of James and Dorothy Greenfield from 1961 to 1988. James worked as a Privy Purse Messenger for the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace, after his retirement from the Metropolitan Police force in 1970. The car to front of the house was an A35 Austin which was driven to South West France in 1959. Alongside the house is an Austin 1100 which the family took to Southern Austria in the 1960's. Dorothy's mother & sister Edith Emily Thomas nee Baker, & Julie Thomas, lived in the road opposite this house at 17 Bewleys Road from 1959 to 1969.

The long terraces of pleasing but modest, plain brick houses are not typical of West Norwood, being more redolent of workers' housing in industrial areas. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.