Mottingham
MOTTINGHAM, a hamlet, in the poor-law union of Lewisham, partly in the parish of Chiselhurst, hundred of Ruxley, but chiefly in the parish of Eltham, hundred of Blackheath, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W. division of Kent, 8 miles (S. E.) from London; containing 124 inhabitants. It comprises 637 acres, of which 70 are laid out in wood.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.