MOTTINGHAM

'Mottingham' is a place in the London Borough of Greenwich, although part of it (to the west of Mottingham Road) is in the London Borough of Bromley. A small sliver falls within the London Borough of Lewisham, near the border with Grove Park.
Mottingham was originally a hamlet in Eltham parish. The earliest records of Mottingham are from 862 AD when it was recorded as ''Modingahema'', which means the land of Moda's people (commonly interpreted as - "the proud place"). A key year in the history of Mottingham was 1866, when the area became connected to the railway system with the construction of Mottingham station (then known as Eltham station). In the same year, Mottingham received separate civil status thus separating itself politically from Eltham. Mottingham is rather distinct from Eltham visually as a more affluent area with large swathes of parkland.
The first church in Mottingham was St Andrews Church on Court Road and was established in 1884, which further helped establish Mottingham as separate from Eltham. A local landmark is Eltham College, a private school founded in 1842 as the London Missionary Society's School for the Sons of Missionaries, which moved to its present site in Mottingham in 1912.
The famous cricketer, Dr W. G. Grace lived in retirement for some years in Mottingham and a blue plaque marks his residence, 'Fairmont' in Mottingham Lane, where he died on 23 October 1915. He was buried in Beckenham Crematorium.

Contents

Education

Transport and locale

Education

:''For education in the Greenwich portion of see the main London Borough of Greenwich article

Transport and locale

;Nearest places

★ Eltham

★ Lee Green

★ Elmstead

★ Chislehurst

★ Grove Park

★ Sidcup

★ Kidbrooke
;Nearest railway stations

★ Mottingham railway station

★ Lee railway station

★ Sidcup railway station

★ New Eltham railway station

★ Grove Park railway station

★ Eltham railway station