1830

Foxgrove Manor demolished and re-built.

1851

Window Tax abolished.

1856

'The Cage' on Church Hill demolished.

1862

Henry Copeland came to Beckenham.
Street lighting introduced as a Private Enterprise.
Kelsey Manor Lodges (Cottages) built.1

1867

National School for Children opened at Shortlands Church. Ancient Order of Foresters (The Court of St. George) established.

1871

Beckenham Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. formed.

1872

Beckenham Cottage Hospital opened (8 beds).

1874

Home of Compassion (108/110 Bromley Road) built.

1876

Beckenham Charitable Society formed.
Miss Wood - first Kindergarten Teacher (1st Class) in England.First Publication of Beckenham Journal.

1877

Old Beckenham Mission (Bromley Road) built.

1878

Foxgrove Farm buildings demolished.

1881

Anthony Rawlin's Almshouses restored and enlarged.

1882

First Meeting of Beckenham Local Board. West Wickham Railway Station opened.

1883

Public Hall, Bromley Road, built. Toll Gate - Kent House Road - demolished. Last occasion of 'Beating the Bounds' 17th May.

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