Editing Kidbrooke (section)

==History==
Kidbrooke, derived from an [[Anglo-Saxon]] name meaning 'the brook where the [[Kite (bird)|kites]] were seen,' indicates that the area was uninhabited at the time of naming. With its three streams and heavy, wet clay, Kidbrooke would have been unsuitable for Saxon settlement.

However, by the late 11th or 12th century, Kidbrooke had established a church and likely had a small population, although this presence didn't endure. By 1428, the church lacked a priest, and by 1494, it had fallen into disrepair.

Remaining rural until the inauguration of [[Kidbrooke railway station]] in 1895, the region was primarily dedicated to farming until the 1930s. Significant development ensued thereafter, particularly following the construction of the Rochester Way.

===Housing===
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[[File:Greenwich Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Kidbrooke ward of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916]]
The area contains a large amount of 1920s and 1930s domestic housing, developed partly as the Kidbrooke Park Estate, between [[Shooters Hill]] and Rochester Way.

A large RAF stores base, [[RAF Kidbrooke]], formerly occupied much of the land around [[Kidbrooke railway station]], north and south of the railway line.<ref>See eg [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.46247&lon=0.02723&layers=170&b=1&marker=51.4621,0.0273 1949 Ordnance Survey map], via [[National Library of Scotland]]</ref>  In 1965 the Government released most of the land to the Greater London Council for housing. The [[Ferrier Estate]], built from 1968, was conceived to be a flagship scheme but became one of the largest and most deprived council housing developments in London.

The housing estate was demolished in 2012 and has been redeveloped as [[Kidbrooke Village]], a development of 5,300 homes masterplanned by [[Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands]] with Design and Build MEP contractor Cilantro Engineering.