Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sydenham

Sydenham.-- dist. and ry. sta., Lewisham par. and bor., Kent, pop. 6937; the sta. is 1 mile NE. of Crystal Palace sta. and 6 miles SE. of London Bridge. The Crystal Palace is at Sydenham, which was originally a vil. with some celebrated mineral springs.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "district and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lewisham CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Sydenham

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