In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mottingham like this:
MOTTINGHAM, a hamlet in Eltham parish, Kent; 3¼ miles S of Woolwich. It has a wall letter-box under Eltham, London SE. Acres, 638. Real property, £1,194. Pop., 142. Houses, 24.
Mottingham through time
Mottingham is now part of Bromley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bromley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mottingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mottingham, in Bromley and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6287
Date accessed: 26th April 2025
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