Welcome...
The Lewisham Local History Society was founded in 1961 with the aim of encouraging and assisting study of the local history of the London Borough of Lewisham and nearby areas.
The Society enables those who wish to know more about the history of Lewisham and neighbouring districts to share that interest with others of a friendly, like-minded outlook.
A full programme of monthly, illustrated local history talks is provided, together with occasional whole and half-day excursions, and conducted evening and weekend walks, to places of historical interest.
Society Members receive free copies of the quarterly Newsletter and the annual Lewisham History Journal.
This website was launched in 2007 and it is hoped that it will enable the Society to engage with a wider group of people.
This Month's Talk...
Friday 30th May 2008
The Craftsmen of St. Margaret's
Sir Ian Mills
This presentation focuses on the working lives of twelve gifted Victorians - architects, stained glass artists and wall painters, tile manufacturers, wood and stone carvers and metalworkers - who, between 1840 and 1900 helped refashion the look of ecclesiastic England. They all contributed to St Margaret, Lee but they also contributed to over 1,000 churches and other buildings throughout the British Isles and overseas.
The speaker, a Blackheath resident since 1974, is a director of the Blackheath Preservation Trust and chairman of the Blackheath Historic Buildings Trust. He is the author of a book of the title of his talk.
