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Oct 28, 2016 · View from Parliament Hill, by M@. The famous kite-flying hill on Hampstead Heath was known in ancient times as Traitors' Hill, perhaps due to an execution site. It took on its present name in the ...
The name 'Shooters Hill', first recorded in 1226, may have been coined as a result of such criminal associations. It was, however, also a place of burial. A burial ground of possibly bronze age lies on the northern side of the summit. In the 18th century the area began to be developed, with fine houses on both slopes of the hill.
History of Shooters Hill. Shooters Hill is the highest point in South London (432ft) and a wonderful viewpoint into adjacent counties. Although the Roman Road (Watling Street), later the Canterbury Way, from Dover to London passes over the summit of the hill it was always a place to be feared by travellers. High and isolated with few dwellings ...
Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It borders the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north of Eltham and south of Woolwich. With a height of 132 metres (433 ft), it is the highest point in the Borough of Greenwich and one of the highest points in Greater London.
Open location in Google Maps: 51.470276, 0.076282. Shooter’s Hill, Kent, between the eighth and ninth milestones on the Dover road. It was long a notorious haunt of highwaymen. The custom was to leave the bodies of criminals hanging until the bones fell to the ground. This text comes from a footnote on a diary entry in the 1893 edition edited ...
Mar 7, 2006 · History behind Shooter’s Hill. HAVING read Tales Of Shooters Hill (News Shopper, February 22) it is the first time I have heard the origin of its name came from its associations with crime. The ...
Coordinates: 51°28′09″N 0°04′01″E / 51.4691, 0.0669 Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It borders the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north of Eltham and south of Woolwich. With a height of 132 metres (433 ft), it is the highest point in the Borough of Greenwich and one of the highest points in London ...
