Anerley
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Anerley is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located approximately 8.5 miles south east of Charing Cross and contains the former site of The Crystal Palace.
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[edit] History
Anerley has never existed as an independent entity, but rather as a general area. Prior to the Enclosure and the relocation of The Crystal Palace to Penge Place at the top of Sydenham Hill, Anerley was an unoccupied part of Penge Common.
Penge, including the Common, was part of the Croydon Rural District of Surrey. This area became the Penge Urban District of Kent as a result of the London Government Act 1899 and became part of the London Borough of Bromley in 1965.
With the demise of the local government ward of Anerley, the name Anerley is mainly applied to the area in the proximity of the railway station. The northern part is now generally described as being part of Crystal Palace.
The SE20 London postal district was officially named Anerley but covered Anerley, Penge and parts of Beckenham. The telephone exchange built in Penge to cover Anerley, Penge and Sydenham was named SYDenham as the dial locations for PENge had already been allocated to the RENown exchange in Fulham
[edit] Annerley house
The first house in Anerley was named Annerley reputedly because the owner, a Scottish silk merchant named William Sanderson, said it was the annerley (only) house there. The spelling of the place name has been Annerley, Anerley and Anerly. Sanderson appears to have used all three.
[edit] Railway development
The London and Croydon Canal was built across Penge Common (with remnants remaining in Betts Park in Anerley and in Dacres Wood, Sydenham).The Croydon Canal was closed and in 1839 much of its course was used to lay the London and Croydon Railway. The railway deviated from the canal course entering a new cutting near what is now Anerley railway station. William Sanderson made land available in return for the creation of the railway station.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel built an Atmospheric railway along this course in 1845, but it was short lived. The inability to include points on an atmospheric railway resulted in the construction of flyovers one of which runs through Anerley between Crystal Palace railway station and Sydenham railway station. A train collision was reported to have occurred at Anerly(sic) on 5th October 1844
[edit] Notable residents
- Thomas Crapper, notable plumber, on his retirement lived in Thornsett Road.
- Walter de la Mare, famous poet and author of ghost stories, resided at 14 Thornsett Road during the 1920s.
- James Busby, authored the Treaty of Waitangi and introduced vines to Australia
[edit] Transport
[edit] Buses
Anerley is served by London buses routes N3, 75, 157, 197, 249, 354, 358 and 432.
[edit] Road
Two A roads, the A213 and A214 pass through the area.
[edit] Rail
Southern trains to London Bridge and East Croydon or West Croydon run from Anerley railway station. The other nearest stations are:
Transport for London has begun work on the southern extension of the East London Line. To be rebranded as the London Overground East London Railway, this will bring services to the Docklands and Shoreditch through Anerley to connect with the North London Line, opening in 2011.[1].
[edit] Trams
Transport for London has proposed the extension of Tramlink services from Harrington Road tram stop to the bus station on Crystal Palace Parade via Anerley Road and a consultation exercise finished in December 2006.[2]
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] References
- ^ Transport for London (2006-11-15). Transport Commissioner visits East London Railway. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
- ^ Transport for London (2006-10-19). Have your say - Croydon Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
