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Edward Petherick, Australian bookseller and bibliophile lived at Yarra Yarra 30 Brixton Hill. He maintained a library, which was particularly extensive as regards Australia. George William Rusden was a frequent visitor when writing his books History of Australia and History of New Zealand. [4]
- Lambeth Town Hall
- Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Trent Road
- Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School, Trent Road
- St. Saviour's Church, Lambert Road
- Parkside Primary and Secondaryschool, Bartley Road
- The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens
- No. 47 Blenheim Gardens
- Nos. 49 and 51 Blenheim Gardens
- Lambeth Waterworks, Jebb Avenue
- Brixton Prison
In 1904, shortly after the constitution ofLameth Borough Council, a site for a TownHall on the corner of Acre Lane and BrixtonHill was purchased for £25,000. (fn. 140) A competitionwas held for a design for the new buildingand there were 143 entries, (fn. 141) that of SeptimusWarwick and Herbert Austen Hall being chosen(Plate 36b). The builders, wh...
In 1880 a mission was established in Brixtonunder the care of the Rev. Hendrik van Doorne,a Flemish priest who had lived in England for along time. There was then no Roman Catholicchurch in the district, so in the following year alarge house on the west side of Brixton Hill,known as No. 4 Gwydyr Houses, was purchasedfor £2,610. The house was Re-nam...
This school was opened in 1902 (fn. 152)in buildingsstanding in the back garden of Bethel House.More buildings have been added subsequentlyand the school now occupies a large part of BethelHouse as well.
At a meeting held at St. Matthew's vicarageon March 24, 1873, a Committee was formed tobuild a new church. The proposed new districthad a population of nearly 4,000, and a greatdeal of building was in progress. “The meadow-lands and brick-fields of a few years ago are noweither covered with long rows of houses, or elsemarked out for fresh streets. ...
This school was built for the London SchoolBoard by W. Downs of Walworth, whose tenderfor a school for 792 children was for £8,167. (fn. 154) The architect was E.R. Robson (fn. 31) The schoolopening was August 19, 1875. (fn. 32)was remodelled in 1913; it is a plain three-storeybrick building.
At the auction of Stockwell Manor in 1802,Christopher Chryssell Hall of the Borough ofSouthwark, merchant, purchased part of theManor which was conveyed to him in the following year. (fn. 24) acres and lay south of the present BlenheimGardens; it can be identified with the parcels ofland marked 83–89 (inclusive) on the plan of theManor on Plates 74...
Formerly No. 23 Cornwall Road In 1843 John Ashby agreed with John Muggeridgeof Brixton Road, builder, to let the easternhalf of his property for building, and seven housesfronting Cornwall Road were erected by Muggeridge. (fn. 156)Only one, No. 47, has survivedl; it isa small single-storey house with a stuccoed front.
Formerly Nos. 25 and 25A Cornwall Road No. 49, the Mill House, was erected as afamily residence for the Ashbys; (fn. 156)it is a plaintwo-storey stock brick villa with a central entrance.No. 51, which stands in the yard approaching the mill, is a small two-storeyed villa,faced with stucco and of rustic appearance.
The Company of Proprietors of LambethWaterworks was established in 1785 with worksin north Lambeth. (fn. 159) In 1834 the Companyobtained an Act of Parliament (fn. 159) in order toextend the area to which it might supply water.In the same year some 16 acres of land in Brixtonwere purchased from Christopher Chryssell Hall, (fn. 24)and a reservoir an...
In 1818 the Justices of the Peace for Surreydecided to enlarge the prison at Kingston and tobuild two new Houses of Correction, one atGuildford and the other at Brixton. (fn. 160) Aboutfive acres of land forming parcel of the part ofStockwell Manor which had been acquired byChristopher Chryssell Hall in 1802 were boughtfor £400 per arce (fn. 161) f...
Ethosheia Hylton, a 32-year-old filmmaker, has lived in and around Brixton since she was a toddler.
- Alex Wheatle
Feb 9, 2017 · Francklin Evagle, the owner of Kata Kata, a vegetarian galette restaurant, has lived in the close-by neighborhood of Camberwell all his life and appreciates the authenticy of Brixton Hill....
A timeline history of Brixton with prints, photographs and maps. New images added on a regular basis so bookmark this page (click on images to enlarge). c. 50 Roman Road (later known as Stane Street) ran from London Bridge to Chichester. Brixton Road follows its route.
Dan Leno lived in Akerman Road, Fred Karno had his Fun Factory off Coldharbour Lane, Charlie Chaplin lived in Ferndale Road at the turn of the century whilst part of the Eight Lancashire Lads troupe. Slum clearance, bombing and the end of 99 year leases on larger houses changed Brixton.
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One small single-storey house with a stuccoed front (formerly number 23, later number 47) survived into the 1960s. On the north side of Blenheim Gardens, extensive brickfields had been built by the middle of the 19th century.
