Ladywell | |
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Ladywell Fields | |
Location within Greater London | |
Population | 14,515 (2011 Census. Ward) [1] |
OS grid reference | TQ37777459 |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | SE13,SE4 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Ladywell is a locale in Lewisham in South East London, England, and a ward in the London Borough of Lewisham between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper. It has ample green space including Ladywell Fields and Hilly Fields which borders Brockley. Ladywell Village, the main shopping area along Ladywell Road, was given a facelift in 2013 with £800,000 of Transport for London funding. The pavements were widened, short stay bays created to help local businesses and shoppers, and trees were added. Ladywell Village has a range of retail outlets including a number of cafes, a patisserie and a delicatessen.
The name Ladywell was in use by the 15th century, and maps dating to this period show the site of the original Lady well, in front of the area later to be occupied by the Freemason's Arms and now marked by a plaque.
The well was probably a holy well dedicated to Virgin Mary and was 1.8 m to 2 m (six to seven feet) deep and surrounded by an iron railing. It was in use until the 1850s, when it was covered over as part of the construction of the railway. The coping stones of this well were later uncovered during work to underpin the railway bridge, and rescued by a signalman. In 1896 they were incorporated as part of the fountain that stood in the grounds of the Ladywell Public Baths, a local landmark built in red brick in 1884. [2]
Another well is located nearby at what is now 148 Ladywell Road. This was a mineral spring, the waters of which local people drank for medicinal purposes.
Until the second half of the eighteenth century there were few dwellings in Ladywell, the most notable being 'The Bridge House Farm' and Ladywell House. Ladywell House was the vicarage built in 1693 for Dean George Stanhope, the vicar of Lewisham and Deptford. [3] Stanhope was a friend of the writer Jonathan Swift, [4] Swift visited Ladywell House in 1711. [5] The house was extended in 1881 and 1895, and is now used by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The opening of Ladywell Station in 1857 brought expansion to the area. Church Grove and the terraces to either side of it in Ladywell Road were built in the following year, which also saw the opening of Ladywell Cemetery, Railway Terrace, Prospect Place, and Mercy Terrace. The public park Ladywell Fields opened in the 1890s. Hilly Fields park opened on 16 May 1896 after campaigning by one of the Founders of the National Trust Octavia Hill. [6]
Designated in 2010, the area consists mainly of late Victorian suburban residential development which was built by the local developer Samuel J. Jerrard. In the conservation area, external changes to elevations visible from public viewpoints require planning permission. These include:
Through the 1880s and 1890s Jerrard built up long stretches of Vicars Hill and the newly laid out streets Algernon Road, Algiers Road, Ermine and Embleton Road, taking advantage of the topography and the good transport links to London.
His houses are generously sized and are stylistically distinctive as a group. Many of his other houses in the area are protected within the Brockley conservation area.
Jerrard’s development in Ladywell survives nearly complete, including its rich architectural detailing. It constitutes the core of the conservation area, supplemented by some later infill development of the late 19th and early 20th century that completed his streets.
The conservation area also encompasses the commercial core of Ladywell along Ladywell Road, known as Ladywell Village, which contains some of the oldest houses and pubs of the area and Edwardian shops that were constructed at the turn of the century in response to the rapidly increasing community around them.
The Council recommends a number of improvements that could be made to the benefit of both the character of the area as well as the value of individuals’ properties:
Ladywell is a ward of Lewisham Council, represented by three councillors who are elected every four years.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Johnston-Franklin | 2,420 | |||
Labour | Carl Handley | 2,125 | |||
Labour | Bill Brown | 1,850 | |||
Green | Corin Ashwell | 1,495 | |||
Women's Equality | Rebecca Jones | 1,188 | |||
Green | John Keidan | 989 | |||
Green | Matt Barker | 898 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Hudson | 411 | |||
Conservative | Catriona Archer | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hebditch | 290 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Lloyd | 275 | |||
Conservative | Camilla Harper | 257 | |||
Conservative | Edmund Stewart | 215 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Brown | 2,038 | |||
Labour | Liz Johnston-Franklin | 1,960 | |||
Labour | Carl Handley | 1,860 | |||
Green | Michael Keogh | 1,335 | |||
Green | Andrea Carey Fuller | 1,221 | |||
Green | Clare Phipps | 1,092 | |||
There are two local societies. The Ladywell Village Improvement Group and the Ladywell Society
Ladywell station itself is on Southeastern's Hayes Line with direct trains to Elmers End, Hayes, London Bridge, Cannon Street, Waterloo East and Charing Cross.
It has been proposed to extend the Bakerloo line to Ladywell [7]
Other close stations:
Brockley is a district and an electoral ward of south London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Charing Cross.
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Lewisham Deptford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Vicky Foxcroft of the Labour Party.
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Lewisham North was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries were opened within one month of each other in 1858 and are sited on adjacent plots of previously open land. The two component parts are characteristic examples of the first wave of Victorian public cemeteries and are now part of the Brockley Conservation Area.
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Ladywell Fields, originally Ladywell Recreation Ground is a public park in the London Borough of Lewisham created from three historic fields. It is located near Ladywell railway station at the northern end of the park, and Catford Bridge at the southern end.
Hilly Fields is located in Ladywell ward in Lewisham, South East London, and is managed by the London Borough of Lewisham. Preserved as a park through the efforts of Octavia Hill, the park was opened in 1896.