Editing New Cross (section)

==History==
[[File:Ward of New Cross.GIF|thumb|200px|The electoral ward of New Cross (red) within the London Borough of Lewisham (orange)]]
The area was originally known as [[Hatcham]] (the name persists in the title of the [[Anglican]] parishes of St. James, Hatcham along with its school, and All Saints, Hatcham Park). The earliest reference to Hatcham is the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Hacheham''. It was held by the [[Bishop of Lisieux]] from the [[Odo of Bayeux|Bishop of Bayeux]]. According to the entry in the Domesday Book Hatcham's assets were: 3 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; 3 [[plough]]s, {{convert|6|acre|m2}} of [[meadow]], [[woodland]] worth 3 [[hog (swine)|hog]] and rendered [[pound sterling|£]]2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |title=The Domesday entries for and the meanings of the Domesday place-names appearing on the Surrey historical map. Maps of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales |access-date=2010-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715015325/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |archive-date=15 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Hatcham Liberal Club near New Cross (01).jpg|thumb|left|The Hatcham Liberal Club in New Cross, built circa 1880 and now Grade II listed]]

Hatcham tithes were paid to [[Bermondsey Abbey]] from 1173 until the [[dissolution of the monasteries]]. A series of individuals then held land locally before the manor was bought in the 17th century by the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers|Haberdashers' Company]], a wealthy [[livery company]] that was instrumental in the area's development in the 19th century. Telegraph Hill was for many years covered by market gardens also owned by the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]]. Until the creation of the [[London County Council]] in 1889, the area was a part of the [[counties]] of [[Kent]] and [[Surrey]].

New Cross is believed to have taken its name from a [[coaching house]] originally known as the Golden Cross, which stood close to the current [[Goldsmiths Tavern|New Cross House]] pub. The diarist [[John Evelyn]], who lived in [[Deptford]], wrote in 1675 that he met a friend at 'New Crosse' in his coach before travelling down through Kent and on to France.<ref name="Evelyn">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcJ0d-iZ8CYC&dq=john+evelyn+%22new+crosse%22&pg=PA208|title=The Diary of John Evelyn|first=John|last=Evelyn|page=208|isbn=9781843831099|year=2004|publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]]}}</ref>

[[File:Ventilating Column in Clifton Rise, New Cross (01).jpg|thumb|left|The Ventilating Column in New Cross, erected in 1897 and now Grade II listed]]

In the later 19th century, the area became known as the ''New Cross Tangle'' on account of its numerous railway lines, workshops and two stations — both originally called New Cross (one was later renamed New Cross Gate).<ref name="London Railways">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GldAAAAIAAJ&q=%22new+cross+tangle%22|title=London Railways|first=Edwin|last=Course|chapter=3|year=1962|publisher=B. T. Batsford}}</ref><ref name="Forgotten">{{cite book|title=Forgotten Stations of Greater London|first1=J.E.|last1=Connor|first2=B.L.|last2=Halford}}</ref>

[[George England and Co.|Hatcham Iron Works]] in Pomeroy Street was an important [[steam locomotive]] factory, the scene of a bitter confrontation in 1865 between its manager, [[George England]], and the workers. The Strike Committee met at the Crown and Anchor pub in New Cross Road, now the site of Hong Kong City Chinese restaurant. George England's house, Hatcham Lodge, is now 56 Kender Street.<ref>{{Quine-FR}}</ref>

[[New Cross bus garage]] was formerly the largest tram depot in London, opening in 1906. During the 1926 General Strike in support of the miners, strikebreakers were brought in to drive trams from the depot. On 7 May, police baton charges were launched to clear a crowd of 2–3,000 pickets blockading the entrance (reported as "Rowdyism in New Cross" by the ''Kentish Mercury'').

The last [[Trams in London|London tram]], in July 1952, ran from [[Woolwich]] to New Cross. It was driven through enormous crowds, finally arriving at its destination in the early hours of 6 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/july.htm|title=Greenwich Guide - Greenwich Day by Day - July|work=greenwich-guide.org.uk}}</ref>

On 25 November 1944 a [[V-2]] rocket exploded at the [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] store in New Cross Road (on the site later occupied by an [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] supermarket), 168 people were killed, and 121 were seriously injured. It was London's most devastating V-bombing of the entire war. On 25 November 2009 a new commemorative plaque was unveiled on the site by the Mayor of Lewisham, marking the 65th anniversary of the [[explosion]].<ref name="Goldsmiths History V2">{{cite web|url=https://sites.gold.ac.uk/goldsmithshistory/the-v2-woolworths-rocket-bomb-disaster-25th-november-1944/|title=The V2 Woolworths rocket bomb disaster 25th November 1944|website=[[Goldsmiths University]]}}</ref>

On 13 August 1977, the area saw the so-called [[Battle of Lewisham]], during which the [[far-right politics in the United Kingdom|far-right]] [[British National Front]] were beaten back by [[militant anti-fascism|militant anti-fascists]] and local people.<ref>{{cite web|title=	The real losers in Saturday's battle of Lewisham|url=https://www.theguardian.com/century/1970-1979/Story/0,,106928,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 August 2024|author=Lindsay Mackie|date=15 August 1977}}</ref>

On 18 January 1981, 13 young black people were killed in a [[New Cross house fire|house fire]] at a party.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/feb/03/ukcrime.owenbowcott |title=Inquest begins into 14 victims of 1981 fire  |last1=Bowcott |first1=Owen |date=3 February 2004 |website=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]] |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> Suspicions that the fire was caused by a [[racism in the United Kingdom|racist]] attack, and accusations of police indifference to the deaths, led to the largest ever political mobilisation of black people seen in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nadine|last=White|author-link=Nadine White|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-cross-fire-black-peoples-day-of-action_uk_5e582608c5b6450a30bc0ac3 |title=Black People's Day Of Action: Inside The 1981 New Cross Fire March That Brought Britain To A Standstill|website=[[HuffPost]]|date= 2 March 2020}}</ref>

29 June 2008, two [[university]] students from France were [[New Cross double murder|stabbed to death]] in a house.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jul/05/crime|title=Man arrested in connection with murder of French students|date=5 Jul 2008|accessdate=23 August 2024|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>