Maze Hill is an area in

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and

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, in south-east

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, lying to the east of

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, and west of the

Westcombe Park Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England. It is bounded by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach to the east, th ...

area of Blackheath. It is part of the

Royal Borough of Greenwich The Royal Borough of Greenwich (, , or ) is a London borough in southeast Greater London. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough ...

, and takes its name from the main thoroughfare, Maze Hill. It gives its name to

Maze Hill railway station Maze Hill railway station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the Greenwich Line connecting suburbs (e.g.: Deptford, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich, to Dartford, Kent) along the south side of the River Thames with central London station ...

. The road is believed to have taken its name from Sir

Algernon May Sir Algernon May (died 25 July 1704) was an English member of Parliament, for the constituency of Windsor, in the late 17th century. He was the fifth son of Sir Humphrey May of Carrow Priory in Norfolk, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1618� ...

, who lived nearby until 1693, or after Robert May who lived there in 1683. 'Moys Hill' is marked on Rocque's 1745 map,Railway London Bridge to Gravesend. Maze Hill
''Edith's Streets''. Accessed: 18 August 2015. The map is '':File:An Exact Survey of the citys of London Westminster ye Borough of Southwark and the Country near ten miles round (6 of 6).jpg, An Exact Survey of the citys of London Westminster ye Borough of Southwark and the Country near ten miles round / begun in 1741 & ended in 1745 by John Rocque Land Surveyor; & Engrav'd by Richard Parr (6 of 6)'' 'Maize Hill' on Christopher Greenwood (cartographer), Greenwood's 1827 map, and 'Maze Hill' on Bacon's map of 1888. While working as Surveyor to the Royal Hospital, the architect John Vanbrugh, Sir John Vanbrugh lived (1719-1726) in a house of his own design, now known as

Vanbrugh Castle Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh for his own family, located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge of Greenwich Park in London, to the north of Blackheath, with views to the west past the Old Royal Naval College at Gre ...

, overlooking the park on what is now Maze Hill. Immediately to the north of Vanbrugh Castle was Mayfield Lodge, once used to print ''The Kentish Mercury'', and from 1861 a Rescue Society for Females home (marked as ‘female reformatory’ on maps) which was demolished in 1906. The southern end of Maze Hill is adjacent to an area marked on Rocque's 1745 map as 'Vanbrugh Fields', with his name surviving in local street names including 'Vanbrugh Park' and 'Vanbrugh Hill'. Royal Ordnance Factories F.C. played some matches at Maze Hill. One of the two sites of the comprehensive secondary school,

The John Roan School The John Roan School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Greenwich, south-east London, England. History Grammar schools The current school was originally two grammar schools. The boys' school was founded in 1677 and t ...

, is situated at the southern end of Maze HillThe John Roan School (upper School), Greenwich http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-504217-the-john-roan-school-upper-school-greenw (the other is on Westcombe Park Road).

Greenwich District Hospital Greenwich District Hospital was an acute district general hospital situated in the Maze Hill district of Greenwich, London. It was built in the 1960s on the site of St Alfege's Hospital, Greenwich, on the east side of Vanbrugh Hill, south of its ...

(and its predecessor,

St Alfege's Hospital St Alfege's Hospital was a hospital that operated in the Maze Hill area of east Greenwich in southeast London. It operated as the Greenwich Union Infirmary from 1874 to 1929. It was briefly known as the Greenwich and Deptford Hospital before beco ...

) was sited at the northern end of Maze Hill until its closure in 2001 and demolition in 2006; the site is now occupied by a residential development surrounding a

leisure centre, library and services complex. The southern part of Maze Hill (plus Westcombe Park) falls within the Blackheath Westcombe

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

of the Royal Borough of Greenwich; the northern area of Maze Hill is in Peninsula Ward.Ward Map
Royal Borough of Greenwich. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

References

{{reflist Areas of London Districts of the Royal Borough of Greenwich