Editing London Borough of Lewisham (section)

==Civic affairs==
=== Motto ===
The motto of the borough is "[[Salus populi suprema lex esto|Salus Populi Suprema Lex]]", which means (roughly translated) "The welfare of the people <nowiki>[is]</nowiki> the highest law."

=== Twinning ===
The borough is [[twin towns|twinned]] with the following towns:
* [[Charlottenburg]], [[Berlin]], Germany
* [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine]], France
* [[Matagalpa]], Nicaragua

The borough has also signed a "friendship link" with [[Ekurhuleni]], near [[Johannesburg]], South Africa.

=== Freedom of the Borough ===
The honour of [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] has been awarded to:

* Alan Milner Smith, Town Clerk (9 December 1971)
* Frederick William Winslade, appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to local government in Lewisham and Camberwell New Year Honours 1967<ref>[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/44210/supplements/15 Supplement to the London Gazette 1 January 1967, p. 15]</ref> and [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] for services to local government in Lewisham Birthday Honours 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47549/supplements/6237/page.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107172123/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47549/supplements/6237/page.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-07 |url-status=live|title=Supplement to the London Gazette 3 June 1978, p. 6237}}</ref>(28 November 1975)
* Daisy Amelia Elizabeth Hurren (10 October 1985)
* Alfred Anderson Hawkins (30 March 1990)
* [[Desmond Tutu]] (4 May 1990)
* [[Terry Waite]] (16 November 1992)
* [[Sybil Phoenix|Sybil Theodora Phoenix]],(8 March 1996)
* [[Cicely Saunders|Dame Cicely Saunders]], (10 March 2000)
* James Leslie Hicks ('Les') Eytle (8 June 2007)
* [[Erica Pienaar|Dame Erica Pienaar]] (2013)
* [[Doreen Lawrence|Baroness (Doreen) Lawrence of Clarendon]], (2014)
* Dame [[Joan Ruddock]] (2016)
* [[Bridget Prentice]] (2016)