First documented in 1674, at its largest the farmland was bounded by High Road, Ballards Lane, Long Lane, Squire's Lane. The Cobley family owned he farm from 1680 to 1902 when it was sold, the buildings demolished and the land developed. The picture source is a local history report from 1927.
The shows both these buildings on a 1900 map.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cobley Farm and Fallow Farm
Returned from his first trip to America Dickens spent some time here in 1842-...
Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...
Near here at Fallow Corner stood the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and famou...
On this site stood Fallow Cottage, the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and fam...
The tree is mentioned as early as 1583. According to Alan Warwick in his book ‘The Phoenix Suburb’, it stood at the high point in Norwood where four parishes (Battersea, Camberwell, Croydon and Lam...
At the time of his death Brunswick was a landscape architect involved in the creation of Burgess Park, living at Southwood Avenue, N6, single, aged 20-30. See Geoffrey Mills for details. Andrew Be...
London's first public park. Known locally as Vicky Park or the People's Park, it was laid out by Sir James Pennethorne. It became a welcome relief from the cramped living conditions of the East End...
Founder and president of the first Board of Agriculture. Born Scotland into family of the Earls of Caithness. 1780 entered the House of Commons. Promoted a scientific and statistical approach to ag...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Science, Scotland
From London Gardens Online: The land here was open fields until the C18th when it was purchased by the Trustees of Guy's Hospital for use as a burial ground for deceased patients. It continued as a...
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