Just a start. We will be adding entries regularly.
1720
First Greyhound Inn
Joseph Hyde was the first recorded landlord, mentioned in 1726, and the inn is first referred to as The Greyhound in 1727 Read More (in new tab)
1733
First Dolphin Inn
It is likely that the building occupied by Richard Peake was a farmhouse, the centre of a farm that extended towards Perry Vale. Read More (in new tab)
1809
Croydon Canal Opens
The Croydon Canal 15km from Croydon, via Sydenham and Forest Hill, to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross. More in Wikipedia (in new tab)
1810
Sydenham Common Enclosure
Sydenham Common was a 500-acre plot of common land. It was enclosed between 1810 and 1819 and most of it was then built upon. Read More (in new tab)
1836
Croydon Canal Closes
The canal was never a success and closed in 1836, the first canal to be abandoned by an act of Parliament.
1839
Sydenham Station Opens
The station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving Sydenham Hill, the Kingswood Estate, and Upper Sydenham. More in Wikipedia (in new tab)
1851
Bell Green Gasworks
There was a race to provide gas to the area of Crystal Palace once it was known it was to be coming to Sydenham, Read More (in new tab
1855
Crystal Palace Opens
The Hyde Park Great Exhibition reebuilt and enlarged by Josepth Paxton in Sydenham. Read More (in new tab)
1857
Lower Sydenham Station Opens
The Mid Kent line was built by the Mid-Kent & North Kent Junction Railway and was opened as far as Beckenham Junction. Wikipedia (in new tab)
1863
Sydenham Hill Station Opens
The Hyde Park Great Exhibition reebuilt and enlarged by Josepth Paxton in Sydenham. Wikipedia (in new tab)
1871
The Avenue, Sydenham
One of 12 pictures that Pissarro painted while in self-imposed exile in London from 1870 to 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. Read More (in new tab)
1872
Sydenham Children’s Hospital
Founded as the Home and Infirmary for Sick Children and South London Dispensary for Women. Read More (in new tab)
1884
Upper Sydenham Station Opens
On the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway linking Crystal Palace to London Victoria via Peckham Rye. Wikipedia (in new tab)
1898
Eleanor Marx Died
Daughter of Karl who lived and died in Jews Walk. Or was she murdered? Read More (in new tab)