About Honor Oak Town Centre

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Oak of Honor Hill also known as One Tree Hill is where Elizabeth 1 picnicked with Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris in the Lewisham area on May Day in 1602 and it is reliably believed that it was by an oak tree on the summit of this hill. The tree became known as the Oak of Honor.

In 1896 the open space was enclosed to form an extension to a golf club, but a campaign involving demonstrations and rioting led to its acquisition by Camberwell Borough Council as public open space in 1905.


Honor Oak Today
Honor Oak is bordered by Forest Hill, Nunhead and Brockley, and is a charming "up and coming" London village

Honor Oak is approximately six miles from Central London with excellent public transport links, schools, parks, shops and restaurants. The town centre is home to 30 small, predominately independently owned businesses offering a wide range of convenience and comparison goods and services. The town centre benefits from an active traders association.


Lewisham Borough's famous residents, past and present
Danny Baker (Broadcaster)
Kate Bush (singer/song-writer)
James Callaghan (Labour Prime Minister)
Sir James Clark-Ross (polar explorer)
"Big" Jim Connell (socialist)
Ernest Dowson (poet)
Alfred "Titch" Freeman (cricketer)
Gabrielle (singer/song-writer)
Sir Isaac Hayward (politician)
Glenda Jackson MP (politician & actress)
David Jones (painter & poet)
Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen (TV presenter)
Spike Milligan (comedian & writer)
Mica Paris (singer/song-writer)
Sybil Pheonix MBE (community worker)
Doris Stokes (medium)
Terry Waite (Archbishop's Envoy)
Max Wall (comedian)
Ian Wright (footballer)


For more information
For more information on Honor Oak and its history please refer to the following publications, all available at Lewisham Local Studies Centre in Lewisham Library:

Images of London : Lewisham by John Coulter and Barry Olley (2003)

Sydenham & Forest Hill Past and Present by John Coulter Historical Publications

Looking back at Lewisham : Courtesy of Lewisham Arts and Library Services local History Centre

Forest Hill and Sydenham by Adrian Prockter

www.augustine onetreehill .org.uk

Britain in Old Photographs, Forest Hill and Sydenham by John Coulter and John Seaman.

The Archive Photographs Series Sydenham and Forest Hill by John Coulter and John Seaman.

Discover Sydenham and Catford by Darrell Spurgeon

Beyond the Meridian; The alternative guide to Lewisham by Lewisham Shopping Centre and Deptford Forum Publishing.

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