West Norwood is a largely residential area of south
London
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within the
London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth () is a London borough in South London, England, which forms part of Inner London. Its name was recorded in 1062 as ''Lambehitha'' ("landing place for lambs") and in 1255 as ''Lambeth''. The geographical centre of London is at Frazier ...
, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of
Charing Cross
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. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surrounded by hillsides on its east, west and south sides. From many parts of the area, distant views can be seen, of places such as the City of London, Canary Wharf and Crystal Palace.
West Norwood includes some or all of three Wards of the London Borough of Lambeth – Gipsy Hill, Knights Hill and Thurlow Park. Each of these wards is represented on Lambeth Council by three councillors.
Transport
The area is well served by public transport with these National Rail stations at each end of the main shopping area in Norwood Road, providing the services shown to central London and beyond:
*
West Norwood – services to Victoria, Clapham Junction and London Bridge.
*
Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London that sits on Brockwell Park. It is approximately five miles from Charing Cross and is bordered by Brixton, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Streatham and West Norwood.
History
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– services to London Bridge, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, Luton Airport, Kings Cross, St Pancras and St Albans.
Trains also run from both these stations to a variety of destinations further south of the centre of London.
Other nearby railway stations are:
*
Gipsy Hill
*
Herne Hill
Herne Hill is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the London b ...
*
West Dulwich
The tube stations closest to West Norwood are at
Brixton
Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th centu ...
and
Balham
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, both of which can be reached by bus and, in the case of Balham, also by train.
Eight daytime bus routes and two night-time routes serve the area.
West Norwood bus garage is located at Ernest Avenue.
The South Circular (A205) passes close by at Tulse Hill and Streatham High Road (A23) is about one mile to the west of the centre of West Norwood.
Education
The primary and secondary schools listed below are in West Norwood.
Primary
* Crown Lane primary school, Crown Lane, SW16 3HX
*
Elm Wood Primary School
Elm Wood School is a primary school based at the southern end of the inner London Borough of Lambeth. The school has gone through a number of changes since its establishment at the beginning of the twentieth century reflecting the changing poli ...
, Carnac Street, SE27 9RR
* Julian's primary school, Gabriel House, 16 Wolfington Road, SE27 0JF
* Kingswood primary school, Gipsy Road, SE27 9RD — this school has two sites; the Upper School at the south west corner of Gipsy Road and Salters Hill and the Lower School at 55 Gipsy Hill.
* St Lukes Church of England primary school, Linton Grove, SE27 0DZ
Secondary
*
The Norwood School
The Norwood School is a co-educational community school at the south end of the London Borough of Lambeth, for girls and boys aged 11–18. The school is a specialist Performing and Visual Arts College. From September 2007, the school admitted ...
, Crown Dale, SE19 3NY
*
Elmgreen School
The Elmgreen School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the West Norwood area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It was the first Parent Promoted secondary school to be created in the UK under the School Sta ...
, Elmcourt Road, SE27 9BZ
* The Park Campus, Gipsy Road, SE27 9NP.
There are a large number of other publicly funded and also private schools within a short distance of West Norwood.
Landmarks
These include:
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South London Theatre Centre. This building was constructed in 1881 as West Norwood's first fire station and has a prominent watch tower. It was subsequently used as a church hall by St Luke's church before its present use commenced. In August 2014 the theatre was awarded a grant of £1.6m by the
Heritage Lottery Fund
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The fund's predecessor bodies were ...
to enable restoration work, which is currently ongoing.
West Norwood Health and Leisure Centre a £14.2M million health and leisure centre opened in 2014.
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St Luke's Church. One of four Lambeth
Waterloo churches, the others are St Matthew, St Mark, and
St John
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* John the Baptist (0s BC–30s AD), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ
* John t ...
. Architect
Francis Octavius Bedford
Francis Octavius Bedford (1784–1858) was an English ecclesiastical architect, who designed four Greek Revival churches in south London during the 1820s. He later worked in the Gothic style.
Life and career
Little is known about Bedford's early ...
designed this church and St John's in a similar
neoclassical style
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. St Luke's was built between 1822 and 1825, and was reordered by
G E Street
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in 1870–1872. Unusually for a church it is oriented north–south instead of east–west. This is due to a requirement when Lambeth Manor was enclosed that no building in the area that included the site should be erected within 100 feet of an existing building without the permission of the owner of the other building. An objection from the owner of the Horn's Tavern meant St Luke's had to be built in a north–south orientation to avoid falling within 100 feet of the tavern. The lower part of the churchyard at St Luke's has been laid out as gardens and are used as one of the venues of the West Norwood Feast.
* West Norwood Library &
Nettlefold Hall, Norwood High Street.
Princess Margaret
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opened the building in April 1969. The complex is now the West Norwood Picturehouse and library.
*
West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the " Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of ...
, one of London's
Magnificent Seven Victorian
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** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
burial places, with 66
listed structures, many in the
Gothic
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**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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style. Opened 1837.
* The Old Library. In 2004 this has been a cafe and venue for local meetings, activities, exhibitions and events. The building opened on 21 July 1888 as the first
public library
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There are ...
in Lambeth and was designed by
Sidney Smith, architect of
Tate Britain
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and several other Lambeth libraries, using red brick, terracotta and Ham Hill stone, with a balcony above the entrance loggia. It was commissioned by
Sir Henry Tate
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Life and career
Born in White Coppice, a hamlet near Chorley, Lancashire, Tate was ...
on land donated by
Frederick Nettlefold
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: both of these local philanthropists are buried in
West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the " Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of ...
.
*
Mrs Woodford Fawcett Fountain – on a traffic island in front of St Luke's Church, where Norwood Road splits into Norwood High Street and Knights Hill. Mrs Fawcett was a local
temperance campaigner and is buried in
West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the " Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of ...
whose entrance faces the fountain.
History
"Norwood" recalls the "Great North Wood", a name that was formerly used for the hilly and wooded area to the north of Croydon. Before 1885 West Norwood station and the surrounding area was known as "Lower Norwood", reflecting its being at a lower altitude than
Upper Norwood.
John Rocque
John Rocque (originally Jean; c. 1704–1762) was a French-born British surveyor and cartographer, best known for his detailed map of London published in 1746.
Life and career
Rocque was born in France in about 1704, one of four children of a ...
's 1745 map of London and the surrounding area includes the Horns Tavern at Knight's Hill, opposite what is now the main entrance to West Norwood station, with a largely undeveloped valley stretching to 'Island Green' in the north, approximately where
Herne Hill railway station stands now. The enclosure map of 50 years later shows that little of the original woodland remained by then, other than a few coppices.
The future development of West Norwood was assisted by the Lambeth Manor Enclosure Act of 1806. Much of the land covered by this Act was owned either by the
Archbishop of Canterbury or by
Lord Thurlow, who died in the same year.
Most of the current main roads were either ancient or laid out in accordance with the provisions of the enclosure award. The River
Effra
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ran alongside the current Elder Road, in a northerly direction, and was prone to flooding.
The area was over a mile from the nearest parish church (at St Leonard, Streatham), so
St. Luke's was provided under the
Waterloo church
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scheme and completed in 1825. The houses in the parish at that period consisted largely of substantial villas along the main roads and more humble cottages mainly situated between Knights Hill and the High Street. The
South Metropolitan Cemetery was laid out in 1837 to provide burial facilities largely for the population of crowded areas that were closer to the centre of London.
The railway line from London to the
Crystal Palace was opened in 1856 with a station at Lower Norwood (since renamed West Norwood). These improved communications heralded major changes. Many of the larger houses and gardens were demolished and replaced with predominantly more modest housing over the next four decades.
Norwood High Street contained the earliest group of shops in the area but never developed into a major shopping centre, as the main shopping parades were built during the decades around 1900 along Norwood Road between York Hill and West Norwood station. Horse-drawn trams shuttled passengers along this road from the terminus in front of St Luke's Church towards the middle of London.
Extensive anecdotal and other historical material from the 19th and early 20th centuries has been written up by Mr J B Wilson, a local undertaker.
The two world wars witnessed fatalities and bomb damage to many buildings in the area, with York Hill and the areas around the railway suffering particularly badly. Chatsworth Baptist church had to be rebuilt after a direct hit. Many of the post-war
estates
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Law
* Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations
* Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.
** The Estates, representa ...
were built on bomb sites or replaced areas which had experienced damage.
An Art Deco cinema, named The Regal, was built at 304 Norwood Road in the late 1920s. It was designed by architect F Edward Jones (who also designed Madame Tussaud's) and opened on 16 January 1930. The cinema sat 2,010 and was equipped with a Christie Manual organ. The cinema closed on 8 February 1964 with a double screening of
Peter Sellers
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' ''I'm Alright Jack'' and ''Two Way Stretch''. Following its closure, the building became a Top Rank Bingo Club a few months later and remained open until 1978. The building was demolished in November 1981 and a B&Q store can be seen today on the site.
After the Second World War, a considerable amount of council housing was constructed in West Norwood. The York Hill, Fern Lodge, Portobello and Holderness Estates arose during the late 1940s and the 1950s on the sites of houses with large gardens that had been destroyed by bombing or were simply demolished. Later houses and flats, such as in the Dunbar Street area, took the place of Victorian dwellings that were cleared away as slums or, alternatively, to achieve a higher density of development. The Woodvale Estate in Elder Road was erected on the site of the "Lambeth New Schools", which had been part of the local Workhouse and that had been renamed as "Wood Vale" before demolition.
Parts of West Norwood have been declared conservation areas including the area around the cemetery, Lancaster Avenue and Rosendale Road. Local landmarks such as St Luke's Church, the late Victorian fire station (now the
South London Theatre) on Norwood High Street, by the architect
Robert Pearsall., The early 20th-century former fire station at Norwood Road and the original public library at Knights Hill are Grade II listed buildings.
Knights Hill
Confusingly, there are two areas called Knight's Hill nearby; the names of both areas have similar origins, both belonging to Thomas Knyght in 1545, and in the south was known as Knight's Hill Common while the hill to the north was known as Knight's Hill Farm.
* The better-known area is the residential area and
electoral ward to the south west by the road called Knights Hill.
The southern Knight's Hill Common originally formed part of Lambeth Manor and contained land called Julian's, which is remembered through the street name of St Julian's Farm Road.
The hill formed the nucleus of the vast estate in Lambeth and Streatham that
Lord Thurlow acquired during the 18th Century,
* The second Knight's Hill is above the Tulse Hill railway tunnel, near
West Dulwich railway station – which was originally called Lower Knights Hill station. It includes the hilly land between the western end of Thurlow Park Road (South Circular), Peabody Hill and Lovelace Road, and is now partly used by Rosendale Allotments in
SE21
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* Se (instrument), a traditional Chinese musical instrument
Businesses and organizations
* Sea Ltd (NYSE: SE), tech conglomerate headquartered in Singapore ...
. The green area is still marked as Knight's Hill on large scale maps but is normally not marked as such on modern street maps in order to avoid confusion. Originally, the northern Knight's Hill farm was part of the Manor of Levehurst, and later of the Manor of Leigham Court and the parish of Streatham.
The Jewish Orphanage
The main building of the Norwood Home for Jewish Children ("The Jewish Orphanage") was completed in 1862. It was a three-storey edifice, with the appearance of a Jacobean palace This structure was demolished in 1963, after the children had moved in groups to live in nine houses supervised by house parents in a less institutional environment, meeting for communal activities at a new synagogue built on the original site. In the 1970s, the charity moved out of the area and the main site was sold to Lambeth Council, which developed much of it for a housing estate, keeping only a small area beside the railway line as open space and converting the synagogue into a community facility known as the Norwood Hall. Some of this open space is now occupied by the West Norwood Health and Leisure Centre but the site of Norwood Hall has been landscaped. An account of a boy's experiences of living at the Orphanage between 1928 and 1933 can be found online.
Of the original buildings only the porter's lodge off Knights Hill now remains, its curving Dutch-gables, red brick with black
diaperwork and
mullion
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ed windows echoing the design of the main 3-storey institution. The Arnold & Jane Gabriel Home was built on the Wolfington Road frontage of the orphanage in 1910; it was converted into Julians primary school in 2012, which now features a colourful modern extension to the original building.
The charity that operated the orphanage in West Norwood retains an echo of its previous location in its current name
Norwood.
Historical local photographs
Images of Norwood
Churches
During recent years, the number and variety of churches has increased, reflecting the diverse origins of many new residents. The following congregations meet in buildings that are readily identified as places of worship:
* All Nations Christian Centre, 15 York Hill, SE27 0BU
* Bethel Chapel, Dunbar Street, SE27 9JY
* Cathedral of Revival Church, Beadman Street (r/o 42–44 Norwood High Street), SE27 9UR
* Chatsworth Baptist Church, Chatsworth Way, SE27 9HN
* Lansdowne Evangelical Free Church, Lansdowne Hill, SE27 0AR
* Potter's House Christian Church Norwood, 58E Knights Hill, SE27 0JD
* Salvation Army, 246 Norwood Road, SE27 9AW
*
St. Luke's Anglican church, Knights Hill, SE27 0HS
* St Matthew's Catholic Church, 37 Norwood High Street, SE27 9JU
* The Messiah Cherubim & Seraphim Church, 28 Ernest Avenue, SE27 0DJ
* Trinity Baptist Church, 2 Thornlaw Road, SE27 0SA
* West Norwood Spiritualist Church, Ullswater Road, SE27 0AL
* Worldwide Mission Fellowship, 61–65 Elder Road, SE27 9NB
A former Congregational church stands on the south side of Chapel Road, SE27 0UR. It is a Grade II Listed Building and the only local purpose-built church in West Norwood that survives but no longer used for worship. The premises currently house a child care facility.
Open spaces
The main open space in West Norwood is
Norwood Park.
West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the " Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of ...
has an area of 45 acres (18.2 hectares) and is close to the railway station. The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery aim to increase knowledge and appreciation of this facility.
Peabody Hill Wood is an area of outstanding importance recognised by
English Nature.
Charities
* Emmaus South Lambeth is based at Knights Hill and Beadman Street. This community for formerly homeless individuals runs a workshop and shops that renovate and sell second-hand furniture and other goods.
* L'Arche Lambeth provides 5 residential care homes and 5 day provision workshops in the area for adults with learning disabilities. It is part of the International Federation of L'Arche.
* Centre 70 is a charity specialising in free, confidential, impartial legal advice on Debt, Welfare Benefits, Housing, Utilities Debt and Student Finance. Also provides low cost Counselling
Clocks in West Norwood
* St Luke's church tower clock was supplied by Vulliamy, the Royal Clockmaker, in 1825 for £357 and was retained when
Street
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renovated the church in 1870, new tubular bells being added in 1892. A private residence, The Clock House in Chestnut Road, contains a clock museum which opens to the public during
London Open House each September.
Nearest places
*
Crystal Palace
*
Dulwich
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*
Gipsy Hill
*
Streatham
*
Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London that sits on Brockwell Park. It is approximately five miles from Charing Cross and is bordered by Brixton, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Streatham and West Norwood.
History
Th ...
*
Upper Norwood
Notable former and current residents
*
Adele
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, singer
*Joanna Byrne,
actress
*
Bilinda Butcher
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Early life
Butcher was born and raised in London and later reloca ...
, vocals and guitar in the band
My Bloody Valentine
*
Joan Clarke, code-breaker at
Bletchley Park
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and
numismatist
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*
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
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,
zoologist
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and
taxonomist
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* Sir
Sidney Colvin, historian, literary and art critic
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Maurice Cowling, historian
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Des'ree, singer
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Edmund de Waal
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, ceramicist
*
John Fraser, former Labour MP for Norwood 1966–1992
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Georg Hackenschmidt, the first world wrestling champion
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Euan Uglow, English artist
* Sir
Philip Holland, former Conservative MP for Gedling
*
Ken Livingstone
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, former Mayor of London
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Liz Lloyd, former
prime minister
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Tony Blair
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's deputy chief of staff
*
Maxi Jazz, vocalist in band
Faithless
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*
Hiram Maxim
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, who developed his
machine gun
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in the garden of his house in
Norwood Road
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(Serbia House, now demolished)
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The Noisettes, rock band
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Sandy Nuttgens
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He is principally known for scoring television programmes mainly in the realm of children's TV and documentaries. ...
, television composer
*
Michael Paraskos, novelist, anarchist writer on art and literary critic
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Benedict Read, FSA, art historian, writer and art curator.
* Sir
John Scarlett
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, former Head of MI6
*
Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull, former Cabinet Secretary
*
Tom Utley,
Daily Telegraph and
Daily Mail
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journalist
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Thomas Wallis
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, art deco architect
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Andy Zaltzman,
comedian
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*
Luke Aaron Moore
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, COO of Stak and
The Football Ramble
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Podcast Host
References
External links
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