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Brief Street, LONDON, SE5 9RB

This appropriately-named street has properties ranging from modest two-storey houses on the west side to the five-storey mansion block of flats on the right. The view north is from the corner of Burton Road.

The view through the gates is of Brief Street.

The photo was taken mid-morning; it's the colouring of the building's materials that give that 'caught by the sun's last rays' look. Lottery funding has transformed public parks up and down the UK, after decades of under-investment by local authorities in what is still a non-statutory service.

Parish Boundary Marker by the UC road, in parish of Camberwell and Dulwich (Southwark District), Burton Road SW9, in front of No 111 near junction with Brief Street on kerb. Inscription on left reads:- LP (combined) (Lambeth Parish) Inscription on right reads:- C.P (Camberwell Parish) Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: SY_LAMB08pb Milestone Society National ID: SY_SGC19pb

A large plane tree at the west entrance. The land was given to the public by the Minet family in 1889 and the park retains a number of Victorian features.

Five-storey flats overlooking Myatt's Fields Park.

This modest 2-storey house is dwarfed by Dover House flats to the left and Charles Edward Brooke School to the right Image

The School-keeper's house is sandwiched between the Charles Edward Brooke school, right, and the Dover House flats, left. See Image

The date as well as the road name is on a stone built into the house on the corner.

Myatts Fields Park is a delightful example of a small Victorian park. In the early 19th century, market gardens here were run by the Myatt family; some of the finest strawberries in London were grown by Joseph Myatt, and at that time his name was known all over London. The surrounding Minet Estate was built up from the 1870s onwards and the Minet family provided a number of amenities, including the Minet Library and gave the site for Myatts Fields. The Minets were originally French Huguenots and the name Minet means little cat or kitten in French. A little cat was included in many of the buildings when the area was developed by the Minet family. Funds for laying out Myatts Fields were raised by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, and the park was opened in 1889, taking its name from the earlier market gardeners. The park has recently been restored to its former glory by a substantial Heritage Lottery Fund grant. A Nature Conservation Area was created and the photograph looks across this to the park. Beyond is the spire of the former St James the Apostle Church, now Black Roof House - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1502219