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Victorian New Cross

1839 New Cross station opened (named New Cross Gate in 1923) on London & Croydon.
1840s Robert Browning lived near New Cross Road at Telegraph Cottage.
1843 Royal Naval School opened by Prince Albert (on site of present day Goldsmiths).
1854 St James Church built.
1859 Haberdasher Aske's surveyor William Snooke wrote a report recommending the laying out of wide tree-lined roads for the construction of 'dwelling houses of a high standard.'
1865 Hatcham had a population of 17,168.
1865 Toll gate removed.
1869 Hatcham Park House demolished. Egmont & Casella Roads built.
1870s Haberdashers' Company laid out Hatcham Manor Estate (including Erlanger, Jerningham, Pepys and Waller Rds).
1875 Haberdashers Askes School for Boys & Girls opened on Pepys Road.
1889 Royal Naval School moved to Chislehurst.
1891 Goldsmiths' Company's Technical & Recreative Institute opened.
Haberdasher Askes School for Girls opened on Jerningham Road.
1893 Church of St Catherine opened on Pepys Road.
1894 New Cross Fire Station built.
1895 Telegraph Hill Park opened.
Goldsmith's Tavern built on site of New Cross House pub (gave name to area).

Current Schools

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Addey & Stanhope	020 8692 3012	472 New Cross Rd
Albyn Rd (St Stephens)	020 8692 5004	Albyn Rd
Alleyn's	020 8693 3422	Townley Rd
Ashmead Primary	020 8692 6081	Ashmead Rd
Blackheath High	020 8853 2929	Vanburgh Pk
Brockley Cross Nursery	020 8694 2593	111 Endwell Road
Brockley Primary	020 8692 2762	Beecroft Rd
Bromley College
Catford County Girls' School	020 8697-8911	Bellingham Road
Catherine House Day Nursery	020 8692 5015	71 Tressillian Road
Crofton Secondary	020 8690 1114	Manwood Rd
Chelwood Nursery	020 7639 2514	St Norberts Rd
Cherryli Nursery	020 8691 0497	40 Tyrwhitt Rd
Christ the King College	020 8297 9433	Belmont Grove
Forest Hill Secondary	020 8699 9343	Dacres Road
Goldsmiths College	020 7919 7171	New Cross Rd
Good News Playgroup		Crofton Park Baptist Church, Brockley Grove
Gordonbrock	020 8690 0801	Gordonbrock Rd
Goslings	020 7639 5261	106 Evelina Road	Picpage/goslings.htm Picpage/goslings.htmNursery
Greenwich College	020 8853 4484	Royal Hill, Greenwich
Haberdashers Askes Boys	020 7652 9500 (phone) 020 7732 1934 (fax)	Pepys Rd
Haberdashers Askes Girls	020 7652 9500 (phone) 020 7277 9680 (fax)	Jerningham Rd
Hillyfields Day Nursery	020 8694 1069	41 Harcourt Rd	Picpage/hfdn.htm Picpage/hfdn.htm
Honor Oak Early Years Centre		Brockley Way
Humpty Dumpty		Crofton Leisure Centre, Manwood Road
Ivydale Primary	020 7639 2702	Ivydale Rd	Picpage/ivydale_school.htm Picpage/ivydale_school.htm
John Stainer	020 7639 0482	Mantle Rd	Picpage/stainer.htm Picpage/stainer.htm
Ladywell Early Years Centre		30 Rushy Mead
Lewisham College	020 8692 0353	Lewisham Way
Lewisham College Nursery
Lillingtons' Montessori Nursery School	020 8690 2184	20 Chudleigh Rd	Family run, 14 places, age 2½ - 5 years
Lucas Vale Primary	020 8692 4660	Thornville St
Myatt Garden Primary	020 8691 0611	Rokeby Rd
Prendergast Secondary	020 8690 3710	Hillyfields, Adelaide Av.	Picpage/prendergast.htm Picpage/prendergast.htm
Ruskin House School	020 8692 5012	Tressillian Road	Picpage/ruskin.htm Picpage/ruskin.htmNursery
Sedge Hill		Sedgehill Rd
St Andrews (Church)	020 8692 5041	Brockley Road	Nursery
St Dunstans	020 8690 1274	Stanstead Rd
St Mary Magdalene	020 8692 5055	Howson Rd
St Stephen's Primary	020 8692 1898	Albyn Rd
Stillness Infants	020 8690 1208	Brockley Rise
Stillness Primary	020 8690 1416	Brockley Rise
Telegraph Hill School	020 7732 2122	Wallbutton Rd
Turnham Primary	020 7639 0440	Turnham Rd

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