Coney Hall
| Coney Hall | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 Glebe Way, Coney Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ394653 |
| Location: | 51°22’12"N, -0°0’6"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | West Wickham |
| Postcode: | BR4 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bromley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beckenham and Penge |
Coney Hall is an urban area of western Kent, to the south of Hayes, west of Keston, north of Nash, and east of West Wickham of which it is usually considered a part. The Greenwich Meridian passes through Coney Hall.[1]
History
Coney Hall Farm is first mentioned in the 17th century, when its lease stated that the tenant had the sole right to catch coneys (rabbits) on nearby Jackson’s Heath.[2][1]
Coney Hall was developed during the inter-War housing boom; it was built in the 1930s on hilly farmland south-east of West Wickham by the developers Morrell Brothers, who purchased Coney Hall Farm following the death of its owner Sir Henry Lennard in 1928.[1] In the previous decade, Lennard's opposition to road developments adjacent to West Wickham Common and Hayes Common had left the area accessible only by steep and narrow lanes.[1] In Coney Hall's early days London Transport refused to provide a bus service, and a free private coach service connected the estate to the nearest railway station, Hayes.[1] The quality of the new houses was not always that high, with a mortgage strike by Elsy Borders of 81 Kingsway in 1937 sparking sympathy strikes elsewhere, and contributing ultimately to an improvement in the legal standing of mortgage payers.[1][3][4] During Second World War Canadian troops were billeted at Coney Hall.[1]
The area contains typical suburban architecture of two-storey houses with polygonal bay windows and half-timbered gables. It is centred on a bend on Glebe Road, east of Coney Hall roundabout, with a smaller row of shops on Addington Road.
Gallery
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Welcome sign on Glebe Way -
Coney Hall roundabout -
Typical housing in Coney Hall -
St John's Church
Outside links
- Historical images of Coney Hall Template:Webarchive
- "Road Widening In Kent Approaches To Hayes Common", B.M. Goodwin, Letters, The Times, 20 August 1931
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetteer, pgs 115-16
- ↑ "Coney Hall - Hidden London" (in en). http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/coney-hall/.
- ↑ McCulloch, Andrew (6 June 2001). "The Mortgage Strikes". https://www.historytoday.com/archive/mortgage-strikes.
- ↑ Jackson, Alan A. (2018-01-12) (in en). Semi-Detached London: Suburban Development, Life and Transport, 1900-39. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-17512-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye1GDwAAQBAJ&q=Elsy%20Borders&pg=PT177.