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Eltham Park North [10] and Eltham Park South [11] are the final major green areas in Eltham. The southern park is adjacent to the Eltham Warren Golf Course. The Tarn, 1 km (0.62 mi) south of Eltham High Street, a 9 acres (3.6 ha) public garden, and bird sanctuary, with a lake amongst woodland. [12] [13] [14]
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.
The area of The Tarn was previously the southern part of the Great Park, one of three parks belonging to Eltham Manor, later called Eltham Palace. [21] [22] Historically, Mottingham 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.
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 ...
Eltham Well Hall (originally just 'Well Hall'), which opened on 1 May 1895, was about 220 yards (200 m) to the west of the present-day station on the other side of Well Hall Road. [3] It was one of five stations with wooden buildings and was constructed on the west side of the main road, [ 4 ] In 1932 the Well Hall buildings were rebuilt.
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]
[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.