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The James Baronetcy, of Park Farm Place in Eltham in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 August 1778 for the naval commander William James. [2] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1792.
Westminster Abbey, founded 1065, completed c. 1090. The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are Neolithic buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the architecture of the United Kingdom.
Eltham residents occupy a housing stock of mixed age, particularly towards Eltham Park and the multiple streets with 'Glen' in their names. There are some fine houses scattered around Eltham. At least two roads, North Park and Court Road, contain million pound homes, and some of the older Victorian buildings have been subdivided into apartments.
[9] [10] A larger area including Eltham Common is designated a Local Nature Reserve called Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands. [11] [12] The site covers most of the top of Shooters Hill (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich). There is an underground water reservoir in the grassed area called Oxleas Meadow. This serves the local area with water.
[21] [22] There were three parks belonging to Eltham Manor named, Middle Park, West Horne Park and Great Park. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Great Park was the easternmost of Eltham Manor's Parks, it was around 1.3 km (0.81 mi) long north to south following the road south of Eltham, about 0.5 km (0.31 mi) wide east to west, and was a wooded park with a lake at ...
In 1100 two manors were recorded in the Eltham area, East-Horne and Well-hawe or Well-hall, [3] probably corresponding to the areas later named Horn Park and Well Hall. The place was recorded as Wellehawe in 1401, then as Welhawe in 1446, meaning "a hedged enclosure by a spring or stream" from the Old English word Wella or Welle a spring or stream, and haga or hawe a hedged enclosure. [4]
Historically, Horn Park and Eltham Manor were part of the Eltham Parish, within the Hundred of Blackheath, in the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, west division of Kent [31] [3] In 1889 the County of London was created, Horn Park ceased being in Kent and was included in the new county, then after the London Government Act 1899, The County of London was ...
Kidbrooke is an area of south-east London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 km) south-east of Charing Cross and north west of Eltham. The district takes its name from the Kyd Brook, a watercourse which runs from Orpington to Lewisham, by which point it is part of the River Quaggy. It is a tributary to the River ...