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Crofton Park is a mainly residential suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet of Brockley. It is located south east of Charing Cross, and is south of Brockley and north of Honor Oak. Major points of interest include the Rivoli Ballroom, the Brockley Jack Theatre and the Arts and Crafts Gothic church of St Hilda. Crofton Park is bordered by Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries to the north, and a section of Ladywell Fields to the south east. The area also offers easy access to South East London Green Chain of walks. Nearby, between Honor Oak and Catford, is Blythe Hill Fields, one of a number of hills in south east London and which provide good views of Canary Wharf and the City of London. ==History== Before the area was built up in the late 19th century, the principal buildings were Brockley Farm, Brockley Hall and the Brockley Jack public house.〔 The area expanded rapidly in the 1890s with the opening of a new railway line (informally known as the Catford Loop) and railway station which opened in 1892. It was the naming of the station as Crofton Park which gave the area its modern and invented name. Despite this being the historic heart of Brockley, that name had already been used for two earlier railway stations further north - Brockley Station and Brockley Lane Station. The rapid pace of expansion of the area continued pre-First World War, with the building of more shops and facilities to support the growing population. ''The London Encyclopaedia'' describes this development as: "a mixture of terrace houses for 'clerkly classes' and local authority flats and houses."〔Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert, ''The London Encyclopaedia'', Papermac, 1987, p. 94〕 A handsome Edwardian public library was built next to the railway station in 1905 and, eight years later, a local cinema - the Crofton Park Picture Palace - first opened its doors. This later became the Rivoli Ballroom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crofton Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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