For FOGG. Where was Goose Green? 1789

[Chener Books]

I saw the old maps of Goose Green on the FOGG stall this afternoon. The earliest map was 1842.

William Fadden's 1789 map of Kent shows Goose Green fifty years earlier. In 1789 East Dulwich did not exist and Goose Green was in Surrey. The Surrey and Kent border was just to the east of None Head (now Nunhead) and that is why Goose Green is just at the western edge of Fadden's Kent map.

In pre-industrial times a settlement needed a local water supply. The Goose Green settlement was further east than where we now place it. It was separated from the Peckham settlement by a northern part of Peckham Rye and centred on a field or meadow with the (river) Pec running through it.

John K

[SteveT]

Interesting stuff John K. keep up the good works.

[jim_the_chin]

That is interesting. The fox under hill, champion hill and green dale clearly marked out 200+ years ago. I like the bulge in the road around goose green; I wonder why that was given the lack of buildings around there?