Horn Park
| Horn Park | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ408739 |
| Location: | 51°26’49"N, -0°1’34"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | London |
| Postcode: | SE12 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Greenwich |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Eltham |
Horn Park is a suburban village in north-western Kent to the south-west of Eltham.
There is a public park here, also named Horn Park. The River Quaggy flows northward though Horn Park,
There is community centre located in Horn Park Estate on Sibthorpe Road,[1] that hosts a number of activities, such as Christian, council and MP meetings, and numerous classes including dance, karate and English.[2]
History
Horn Park was one of three parks attached to Eltham Palace. The area was heavily wooded and was stocked with deer until the destruction of both during the Civil War.[3] The park became farmland until 1936 when the local council began the construction of the Horn Park Estate. The estate was not completed until the 1950s, with work being interrupted by Second World War.[4]
An old manor named Horne was recorded on the land in 1242, and later the area was recorded as park of Horn in 1481.[5] Horn Park appears as a named place in a 1762 map by Emanuel Bowen, and an Ordnance Survey map from 1805.[5] The Old English word Horn refers to a 'projecting horn-shaped piece of land'.[5]
Horn Park, public park
- Main article: Horn Park (park)
There is a public park, also named Horn Park, located in the south of the Horn Park area. The park is bordered by and has entrances on Winn Road to the south, Alnwick Road to the north, and Gavestone Road to the north-west, which continues through the park. The park is mostly grassland, crossed with paths and lined with trees located on a hill, the west side being the higher ground; the City of London and the Isle of Dogs developments can be seen from the park.
References
- ↑ Horn Park Community Centre address and information accessed from http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/
- ↑ Horn Park Community Centre website, listing centre activities
- ↑ Eltham, Lee and Lewisham: Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878)
- ↑ Eltham, "Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus", accessed March 3, 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mills, A. D., A Dictionary of London Place Names, p. 126 (2001) ISBN 978-0-19-956678-5