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Sydenham in Kent County England History and GeographySYDENHAM, a chapelry in the parish of LEWISHAM, hundred of BLACKHEATH, lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 8½ miles (S.S.E.) from London. The population is returned with the parish. This place, which formerly consisted only of a few scattered dwellings, was first brought into notice by the discovery, in 1640, of a saline chalybeate spring, the waters of which, similar in their properties to those of Epsom, attracted the notice, and made it the occasional resort, of invalids: and, notwithstanding that the wells have fallen almost into disuse, the salubrity of the air, the pleasantness of its situation, and its proximity to the metropolis, have made it the permanent residence of numerous families of respectability, who have erected in the vicinity many handsome seats and elegant villas. The village is well built, and contains many genteel houses, with detached cottages of pleasing appearance. The upper part of the common commands extensive and richly-varied prospects, and the surrounding scenery possesses much rural beauty: the neighbourhood affords many pleasant walks, and the adjoining woods are much frequented by parties from the metropolis on excursions of pleasure. The Croydon canal passes through the village, which is within the jurisdiction of the court of requests held at Bromley and at Greenwich, for the recovery of debts not exceeding £5. An annual fair, chiefly for pleasure, is held on Trinity-Monday, and is in general well attended. The proprietary episcopal chapel, of which the Rev. P. A. French appoints the minister, was originally a meeting-house, Dr. John Williams, author of a Greek Concordance, having been minister for many years: it is a convenient edifice, but not in any respect entitled to architectural notice. A new church, to contain nine hundred and thirty-six sittings, of which five hundred and forty-six are to be free, is in progress of erection, by grant from the parliamentary commissioners, at an expense of £10,279. 19. 1.: it is a handsome structure of white Suffolk brick, ornamented with stone, in the later style of English architecture, with a square embattled tower, ninety-three feet high, crowned with pinnacles: the interior consists of a lofty nave, lighted by a handsome range of seven clerestory windows, and separated from the aisles by lofty piers and arches of graceful elevation. The living will be a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Lewisham. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. The National school, in which forty-six boys and thirty-four girls are instructed, is supported by subscription. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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