top of Sydenham Hill.

The Penge Inclosure Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 35 ) to divide and inclose a parcel of waste land called Penge Common stipulated that a 50 feet (15 metres) wide, new road, was to be set out from Clay Lane (now Elmers End Road) to Church Road, Upper Norwood. In October 1827, a Scottish silk and wine merchant originally from Galashiels