Print Village

[george777]

Hi All,

Does anyone have any information on Print Village on Chadwick Road / Lyndhurst Way? Specifically why is it named Print Village - is it to do with the use of the industrial units now, or does the location / area have historical use as a printing house for example?

Thanks in advance for any info you may have.

G

[peckham_ryu]

I don't know much aside from the obvious that there are some print businesses there, but the info on this page hints at some nearby history of printing: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200445/your_parks_are_changing/3024/highshore_open_space-name_change_proposal

[Peckhamrye]

On one of the gable end walls on Bellenden Road near there is an old painted sign advertising printing and pointing in that direction.

[mikeb]

This site used to be a brewery, I think called Gordon's

http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect/southwark.jsp?mapcfg=Historical_Selection&x=533808&y=176170&z=10

http://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Camberwell/CamberwellNorth1911censussummary.shtml

http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/51.46794,-0.0754570000000285/id/48924/info/details/zoom/14/

[not clear if this picture is the site in Caledonian Road or Peckham]

Big fire on this site apparently

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/archive/2002/07/26/5741606.More_recollections_of_working_at_Mence_Smith_and_the_family_behind_the_name/

More records at the London Metropolitan Archives for anyone who cares:

Special reports on individual fires - George Mence Smith Ltd, Chadwick Road, S.E.15 LCC/FB/GEN/2/91 13 March 1933