Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LEWISHAM	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEWISHAM ST MARY	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	LEWISHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LONDON	Diocese	1845	1868	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
DARTFORD	Rural Deanery		1845	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
GREENWICH	Rural Deanery	1861	1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEWISHAM	Rural Deanery	1886		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1855	was reduced to create	FOREST HILL CHRIST CHURCH EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1855	was reduced to create	SYDENHAM ST BARTHOLOMEW EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1859	was reduced to create	BLACKHEATH ALL SAINTS EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1865	was reduced to create	LEWISHAM ST STEPHEN EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1871	was reduced to create	LEWISHAM ST MARK EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1879	was reduced to create	LOWER SYDENHAM EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1880	was reduced to create	PERRY HILL EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1883	was reduced to create	BLACKHEATH THE ASCENSION EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1888	was reduced to create	LEWISHAM ST SWITHUN HITHER GREEN EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1900	was reduced to create	CROFTON PARK EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1901	was reduced to create	BROCKLEY EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1905	was reduced to create	CATFORD ST LAURENCE EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1916	was reduced to create	CATFORD SOUTHEND AND DOWNHAM EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1960	was enlarged by the abolition of	BROCKLEY EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 262.
1960	was reduced to create	CROFTON PARK ST HILDA WITH ST CYPRIAN EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
1968	was enlarged by the abolition of	LEWISHAM ST MARK EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.