CROFTON PARK

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'Crofton Park' is the southern part of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet of Brockley. It is now a suburb and council ward between Brockley railway station and Honor Oak. The two main points of interest are the Rivoli Ballroom and the Brockley Jack Theatre.
Before the area was built up in the late 1800s, the principal buildings in Brockley were Brockley Farm, Brockley Hall (a large private residence), and the Brockley Jack public house. The Brockley Jack was formerly a picturesque wooden building, and was said to have been a haunt of highwaymen. It was owned by the Noakes family, brewers, who lived at Brockley Hall. There is still a pub of the same name, built more substantially in brick and stone in the late nineteenth century.

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Famous Residents

Nearest places

Nearest railway stations

External links

Famous Residents

Jim Connell (1852-1929), author of 'The Red Flag', lived in Stondon Park (which is on the border of Crofton Park and Honor Oak}.
The comedian Spike Milligan (1918-2002), lived at 50 Riseldine Road (which is on the cusp of Crofton Park and Honor Oak) after coming to England from India in the 1930s.

Nearest places

★ Brockley

★ Honor Oak

★ Catford

★ Ladywell

★ Nunhead

★ Forest Hill

Nearest railway stations

★ Crofton Park railway station

★ Honor Oak Park railway station

★ Ladywell railway station

External links

★ Crofton Park Community Link

★ Crofton Park Library

★ The Rivoli Ballroom

★ The Brockley Jack Theatre

★ Haymaking in Crofton Park 1910

★ Brockley/Crofton Park History- Lewisham Council Website