Sydenham, SE26

Sydenham is a place, for the most part, in the London Borough of Lewisham; though some streets towards Crystal Palace Park and Penge are in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark.

Sydenham, Sepham, Cypenham or Sippenham as it has been known was a heavily wooded area of fine oaks, yew trees and quiet country lanes. There were some cottages on the lane from Northwood (now Norwood) to Southend (now Downham).

In 1801 work was started on the Deptford to Croydon canal. This passed through Sydenham and 'The Greyhound' Inn was built where the road passed over the canal. The canal did not prosper long and it was taken over, filled in and converted into a railway.

All changed in 1852 when the Directors of the Railway company had the bright idea of buying and moving The Crystal Palace built by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition in 1851 from Hyde Park to Sydenham. Their idea was to encourage Londoners to take a day out 'in the country' to visit the new enlarged Crystal Palace set in its own pleasure gardens complete with pools, fountains and even a Dinosaur Theme Park.
This would increase traffic on the trains, they could charge for a wide range of entertainments and even benefit from development of a suddenly fashionable area around Lawrie Park and Newlands Park. The houses got progressively smaller towards Lower Sydenham and Bell Green, site of one of London's major gas works.

The population grew from 2,800 in 1841 to 4,500 (1851), 10,595 (1861), 20,000 (1871) and around 40,000 by 1900.

In 1871 Sydenham was imortalised in the works of the exiled Camille Pissarro - the most famous of which, a view along Lawrie Park Avenue towards St Bartholomew's Church, now hangs in the National Gallery.

Nearest places :
Bellingham
Crystal Palace
Dulwich
Forest Hill
Penge

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