In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rushey Green like this:

RUSHEY-GREEN, a hamlet in Lewisham parish, Kent; on the Ravensbourne river, 1 mile S of Lewisham. It has a post-office under London, S E, a police station, an infant school, and several respectable residences.

Rushey Green through time

Rushey Green is now part of LEWISHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how LEWISHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rushey Green itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushey Green, in Lewisham and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24520

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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