History Topic: Our Local Area Year One Key Features: SE9 – London: We live and go to school in an area of London called Eltham, which also covers Mottingham, New Eltham and Coldharbour Estate. Cold Harbour Estate - The area on which the estate now stands was a farm referred to as 'Merry Fields' in a 1761. In 1947 the development of the Coldharbour Housing estate began in order to house residents made homeless by The Blitz, (Frequent and heavy bombing of cities by German planes during World War 2). Maps Churches Housing The boundaries of the Coldharbour Estate are Mottingham Road and White Horse Hill to the west, Chapel Farm Road to the north, Green Lane and Crouch Croft to the west and Mainridge Road to the south. Montbelle Primary School was originally located in Montbelle Road, however, after a merger with Ruxley Manor Primary School in 2001, it moved to the current site on Milverton Way. Coldharbour Leisure Centre – Located on The Course, offering a gym, fitness Shops School studios, football pitches, tennis courts, bar/café etc. Transport – The area is served by three Railway Stations, Mottingham, New Eltham and Elmstead Woods and numerous bus routes to areas including Eltham, Grove Park, Bromley, North Greenwich, Lewisham, Petts Wood and Chislehurst. Churches – There are two main churches in the local area, St Albans Church (Church This Photo by of England) and Coldharbour Evangelical Free Church (Independent Protestant Residents Church). The serving Roman Catholic churches are the joint churches of Our Lady Play parks Help of Christians, Mottingham and St Patrick’s, Chislehurst. Shops: There is a parade of shops on William Barefoot Drive and also close by in Mottingham Villlage and Chislehurst. Places of Interest: Key Vocabulary: Map: A diagram of an area of land, showing roads, cities, rivers, seas, lakes, hills etc. Coldharbour Leisure Centre Resident: A person who lives somewhere permanently. Eltham Palace Boundaries: A line which shows the end of an area. St Albans Church Location: A place or position of something, usually on a map e.g. A school. Coldharbour Evangelical Free Church Church: A building used for public Christian worship. Challenging vocabulary: Development: A new stage or change to a situation. Merger: Combine, come together to form one thing. Permanently: Continues without change. Additional Information: The Blitz - The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities was known as the 'Blitz'. Night after night, from September 1940 until May 1941, German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. London was bombed every day and night, bar one, for 11 weeks. One third of London was destroyed. William Barefoot Drive forms the main road running through the estate. This road was originally named Hellensmead until renamed in honour of a former Eltham councillor and three times Mayor of Woolwich. Another renamed road is Sandling Rise, which was called Hurstmead until 1951. Other roads on the estate named after local personalities and historical events, include Kingsley Wood Drive, Lambarde Avenue and Great Harry Drive. Many of the remaining roads retain the names of the ancient fields they were built on, including Littlemede, Southold Rise, Altash Way and Woodcroft. William Barefoot - (1872 – November 1941) was a notable local politician in south-east London during the early part of the 20th century. Eltham Palace: Early records date back to Domesday survey of 1086, when the manor of Eltham is recorded as belonging to Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror. From the 14th to the 16th century it was an important royal palace, where monarchs often stayed and hunted in the surrounding parks. Henry VIII spent his childhood. English Heritage took over the management of the entire site in 1995. Has a unique combination of two features that would each be highly significant in its own right. It combines one of the largest and best-preserved medieval great halls in England, created in an unusually well-favoured royal manor, and a luxurious and idiosyncratic house and garden of the 1930s, reflecting the artistic and intellectual interests of its owners, Stephen and Virginia Courtauld. .