Editing Mottingham (section)

=== Landmarks ===
[[File:East Face of the Mottingham War Memorial.jpg|thumb|Mottingham war memorial]]
The first church in Mottingham was St Andrew's Church on Court Road, which was established in 1884 and further helped establish Mottingham as separate from Eltham.<ref name=church/>

[[Sir Robert Geffrye]]'s almshouses on Mottingham Road were built by the Ironmongers' Company in 1912 to replace the almshouses in Hoxton that are now the [[Museum of the Home]]; they were remodelled by the [[Greater London Council]] and additional housing built in the grounds.<ref name=hidden>{{cite web |url=https://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/mottingham/ |title=Mottingham, Bromley/Greenwich |website=Hidden London |access-date=11 July 2020 }}</ref>

[[Martins Bank]] had a branch in Mottingham village, facing the war memorial; it was the first branch of the bank to undergo an armed raid, in 1967. It became a Barclays following their 1969 takeover of Martins, was closed in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinsbank.co.uk/11-20-60%20London%20Mottingham%20SE9.htm|title=11-20-60 London Mottingham SE9 |website=Martinsbank.co.uk |access-date=11 July 2020 }}</ref>

Also by the war memorial stood the Porcupine Inn public house, licensed as long ago as 1688. The premises dated from about 1800 and were replaced in 1922. The pub closed in 2013 and was acquired by German global discount supermarket chain [[Lidl]], who tried and failed to obtain permission to develop the site.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Lachlan |last=Leeming |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18469566.decision-mottinghams-porcupine-pub-proposal-hooked-last-minute/ |title=Decision on Mottingham's Porcupine pub proposal hooked at the last minute |newspaper=News Shopper |date=22 May 2020 }}</ref> In 2022, Lidl appealed over the head of Bromley Borough and were given permission to clear the site and build their new supermarket. The new store opened for business in April 2023.<ref>[https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23456522.first-look-brand-new-lidl-mottingham/ News Shopper, 2023-04-14]</ref>

Mottingham has a branch of the fraternal order [[Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oddfellows.co.uk/|title=The Oddfellows. A friendlier society|website=The Oddfellows}}</ref>

Mottingham village contains a sign depicting Eltham College within the branches of a tree, a cricket bat and ball (making reference to [[W G Grace]]) and the date AD 862.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2607768|title=Close-up of Mottingham Village Sign |first=David |last=Anstiss |website=Geograph.org.uk }}</ref>

Mottingham and some of its landmarks appear in filmmaker Dewyne Lindsay's mini-documentary series ''London Districts''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Conor |last=Shields |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/17743789.filmmaker-has-made-40-mini-docs-about-london-districts/|title=Filmmaker has made 40 mini-docs about London districts |newspaper=News Shopper |date=2 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7sWPmRNVx-M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200903221609/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWPmRNVx-M Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWPmRNVx-M |title=London Districts: Mottingham (Documentary) |website=YouTube |date=20 October 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>