Catford, Kent
Historical Description
Catford, an ecclesiastical district in Kent, formed in 1888. It is in the civil parish of Lewisham, and has a station on the S.E.R. called Catford Bridge, 6 miles from London. It is in the S.E. postal district. It has rapidly increased in recent years, and has a population of 4775. The church of St Laurence was erected in 1887, and is in the Early English style, with accommodation for 1000 worshippers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; gross value about —£250, derived from voluntary offerings, in the gift of the Bishop. There is a mission church, and Baptist, Wesleyan, and Congregational chapels.
Maps
Online maps of Catford are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.