Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lewisham is an area of south-east London. It is within the London Borough of Lewisham. Lewisham has a long history. In the mid fifteenth century the then vicar of Lewisham, Abraham Colfe, built a grammar school, primary school and six almshouses for the inhabitants. Lewisham began to grown when the railway arrived. The first line opened in 1849. Notable things in Lewisham are: Lewisham Clock Tower (opened in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee) Lewisham Shopping Centre (opened in 1977) Notable former inhabitants: James Elroy Flecker - poet Walter de la Mare - novelist Frederick Lanchester - car manufacturer Nearest station: Lewisham station - railway and docklands station This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.