Coordinates: 51°25′31″N 0°03′16″W / 51.4254, -0.0544
Sydenham is a place and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham; although some streets towards Crystal Palace Park and Penge are outside the ward and in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. Sydenham was in Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created.
Sydenham is most famous as the location where the Crystal Palace from the Great Exhibition was relocated. Famous people who have lived here include Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer; George Grove of musical dictionary fame; John Logie Baird, the television inventor; Jason Statham, a gangster actor; and Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement.
Beast of Sydenham
The Beast of Sydenham, as of 25 March 2005, is a large, panther-like black animal which has been spotted around the area, and attacked a man.[1][2]
Sydenham Children's Hospital
Sydenham Children's Hospital lasted from 1872 until its closure in 1991.
Education
Sydenham contains two secondary schools, Sydenham High School and Sydenham School.
Famous Residents
- John Logie Baird, the television inventor
- Bill Wyman, member of The Rolling Stones, grew up in Sydenham
- Thomas Campbell poet
- Wilfrid de Glehn (1871-1951), painter, was born in Sydenham
- W G Grace, England's greatest cricketer
- George Grove of musical dictionary fame
- Rolf Harris was a key figure in the Sydenham Society
- Linda Ludgrove Commonwealth gold medallist swimmer
- Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx
- John Scott Russell, naval architect who built the Great Eastern
- Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement
- Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer
- Jason Statham, famous actor
- Connie Fisher singer and winner of the BBC TV program "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?"
- Norman Hunter writer, creator of Professor Branestawm
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