Beckenham Place Park
Second round application to the HLF Parks for People Programme
Prepared by London Borough of Lewisham and LUC August 2016 Summary of aerial photograph evidence for Beckenham Place Park Woodland Extent – Ash Plantation
WWII remains A small amount of the woodland of Ash Plantation still extends over the railway line to the east !"# !3# ; !(# > The 1940s photographs, mainly verticals from 1946 and 1947, with a few from 1945 and one the 1990s, and on the photos from 2000. from 1944, provide valuable evidence of WWII remains. The prisoner of war camps in Crab Hill Field and Summerhouse Field are clearly visible, and the camp in the eastern part of Crab Hill Ridge and furrow also a substantial feature, comprising six gun emplacements arranged in a horseshoe shape. The ridge and furrow in Railway Field can be seen in most of the 1940s photographs, and This shows very clearly from 1944 through to 1947. The Greater London HER records another is discernible on photographs through the decades. The ridge and furrow to the east of the !"# Lodge on Golf Course East shows up particularly clearly in the 1940s, on aerial photograph nr. $ % &