Wyld’s New plan of London [1851] [3.65”: 1m.] H. no. 25 (1) ? or (2) or (3)

Wyld’s New plan of London for 1852 [2.9”: 1m.]

Wyld’s New map of London for session 1864 shewing the proposed railways and improvements. [3.6”: 1m.] H. App. II no. 15

These are on the south side of Greenwich (High) Road between Devonshire Road (Drive) and the Jubilee almshouses. By 1875, when the road was renumbered, ‘Young’s Cottages’ were only two houses (renumbered 70 and 72) but these were part of a terrace of six (nos. 62-72 even) next to Devonshire Road (Drive). This is the original terrace and not a redevelopment and dates from the late 1800s. ‘Young’s Cottages’ first appears in Kelly’s directory for 1860 and in directories and census returns it equates with most if not all of the terrace. The name is derived from a John Young. On a map entitled ‘Land belonging to the Parish’ following p.176 in John Kimbell’s ‘Charities of Greenwich’, 1816, a plot of land roughly corresponding to no. 62 and 64 on the corner of the future Devonshire Drive is labelled ‘Mr. Young’ and, in a deed reproduced on p.178 of the same work, Mr. John Young is shown to have leased the plot for 61 years from Christmas 1809 at an annual rent of £12.00.

A new topographical map of the country in the vicinity of London …. [London], published by James Wyld …, 1851. [2”: 1m] H. App. I no. 250(1)

Wyld’s New map of London shewing the proposed railways and improvements, session 1863 [3.6”: 1m] H. App. II no. 8

One of four pubs that at one time lined the South side, bottom end of Blackheath Hill (Horse and Groom, Yorkshire Grey, Hop Pole and George and Dragon) all within a couple of minutes’ walk of each other. It was situated at No. 34, just west of Merton Place, roughly where the Heathside Social Club operated, between Robertson House and Braid House.