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- The Manor of Lewisham, with its appendages of Greenwich and Combe, was given by Elthruda, King Alfred 's niece, to the Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent in a Charter dated 18th September around 918, of which Lewisham then became a cell, or an alien priory.
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Lewisham Castle survives well as an earthwork which will retain archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to its construction and use and the landscape in which it developed. It is likely to have been adapted in the medieval period for military or hunting purposes.
Archives and local history. We have over 500 years of Lewisham history, with our earliest record dating from 1476. ...
There were two chantries founded at Lewisham, one by Richard Walker, for one priest to celebrate mass at the altar of the Trinity, for the founder's soul; the other by Roger Fitz, who, by the appointment of his will, anno 17 king Henry VII. devised his two houses, the Lion and the Ram, in the Stews, on the Bankside, near London, to be sold to ...
Scheduled Date: 12 April 1957. Last Amended: 9 April 2001. Source: Historic England. Source ID: 1017364. English Heritage Legacy ID: 30286. County: Wiltshire. Civil Parish: Aldbourne. Traditional County: Wiltshire. Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire. Details.
- Lewisham Castle, Aldbourne, Wiltshire
Our archives go back hundreds of years and include information on Lewisham's famous residents and its fine architecture. We can help if you want to find out about: the history of the borough; the history of houses in the borough (when they were built, and who lived there)
History. 'A View of Lewisham' (1770) by John Cleveley Junior. The medieval Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Lewisham. The earliest written reference to Lewisham – Old English: liofshema – is from a charter from 862 which established the boundaries with neighbouring Bromley [3]
Both the etymology of the name Lewisham Castle and the precise function of the enclosure are unknown, although 19th century finds of iron arrowheads and large quantities of medieval pottery in its immediate vicinity demonstrate that it was certainly utilised in this period.
