Local History

To mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day on June 22 2023, Lewisham council is offering micro grants of up to £500 to support community…

Over 20 women keen to find out about local women’s history joined a special walk in Ladywell & Brockley Cemeteries on Saturday 8 April, writes…

Ladywell resident Julie Robinson, who worked as a local studies librarian at the Lewisham Local History Centre, has written a fascinating booklet on South London’s…

Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, stumbles across a Ladywell link to a Hamburg merchant, entrepreneur and horse breeder who…

Mike Guilfoyle’s investigative curiousity takes him from Tressillian Crescent to India as he follows the colourful career of the ‘bigamist barber’. The vice-chair of the…

Curiosity piqued by the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, goes in search of…

Farewell Sebastian Roche – welcome Dexters! It appears that Dexters, a leading independent estate agent in London, has taken over Sebastian Roche’s offices in Ladywell…

Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on J B Buckstone – a 19th century actor, playwright and comedian who was…

Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, located the headstone of James Smith Hepburn – a solicitor. His son Patrick, also…

Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, was intrigued by a cruciform headstone in Ladywell cemetery. His research uncovers links to…