Walworth Through Time A Second Selection

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Surrey Zoological Gardens opened by Edward Cross (1774-1854) on Lorrimore common (old Walworth Manor) The Browning Settlement set up by FH Stead (1857-1928) started at Browning Hall. It was inaugarated with a speech by Herbert Asquith.

Shown in the CGI below, the old town hall is presently under­going restora­tion and is due to reopen by the end of 2023 as a “dynamic cultural community and workspace hub.” modern flats and houses built by Church Commissioners to replace slums. Managed by Octavia Hill (1838-1912) who encouraged Church Commissioners to add an open space, Faraday Gardens.St Peters Church built for Church Commissioners as a result of Walworth’s expanding population. Architect: by Sir John Soane (1753-1837). More info Great areas of Walworth were rebuilt after the Second World War, notably in the form of the massive Heygate and Aylesbury estates, which were planned in the 1960s and completed in the1970s. A majority of this street overlooking Denmark Hill railway station remained derelict for many years.

The Labour Party’s head­quar­ters were in Walworth from 1981 to 1997, when it moved to Millbank. Its Walworth Road building was renamed John Smith House, after the party’s former leader. The building has since been converted into a stylish hostel.The Cuming Museum, which was located in the old town hall building, was founded on the personal collec­tion of Richard Cuming and his son Henry, and supple­mented by relics unearthed during exca­va­tions in the Southwark area. The building was very badly damaged by a fire in March 2013, probably caused by roofers using a blow torch. Many exhibits were lost but the best of those that survived are on display at the newly built Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library, which also has a fasci­nating Faraday cage.

Walworth was long a rural area producing fruit and vegeta­bles in abundance; one local nurs­eryman had a list of 320 varieties of goose­ber­ries. In the mid-17th century there were only a few houses along what is today Walworth Road but growing numbers of tradesmen set up shop here as traffic from London increased. Architects wisely concluded that the street facades of the buildings make a positive contribution to the conservation area. The front elevations have good quality Victorian features, though the rear elevations were much less intact and had been altered significantly. The rear parts of the buildings were demolished and replaced toprovide the necessary quality of accommodation to meet modern medical use requirements. Newington workhouse built at 182 Westmoreland Road (now Beaconsfield Road) (Newington Lodge in 1930)Darren and Mark have brought together a fascinating collection of old and new photographs that have been individually merged to show the surprisingly rapid changes in London SE17 through the decades. Readers can compare the old Walworth with the fast-emerging new, which is a melting pot of cultures and classes living cheek by jowl. Henry Coming (1817-1902) left funds in his will to create a public museum to house his family’s collection. Shown in the photo­graph above,* St Peter’s church in Liverpool Grove was built to a design by Sir John Soane in 1825 to serve the rapidly growing community; over the course of the 19th century, Walworth’s popu­la­tion increased eightfold, reaching 122,200 in1901. Walworth, Southwark A historically crowded and socially disadvantaged district situated east of Newington