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Well Hall is a place to the north of Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London, England, with no present formal boundaries and located 13.5 km (8.4 mi) east-southeast of Charing Cross. In the past Well Hall was the grounds of a manor house, and then a hamlet.
A wartime housing estate in north Eltham, containing the grounds and barn of a Tudor mansion. Well Hall was recorded as early as the 13th century and its great house was built for the landowner Sir William Roper and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More, after their marriage in 1521.
The Well Hall Pleasaunce, which dates back to the 13th century and been home to the Tudors and Railway Children author E Nesbit, is a charming haven of formal gardens and woodland.
The Well Hall Pleasaunce's history dates back to the 13th century. It is a haven of formal gardens, ponds and woodland. It contained a manor house at the time of Henry V111 and more recently was the home of Railway Children author E Nesbit.
- Well Hall Road, SE9 6SS
Jan 1, 2024 · Well Hall Pleasaunce is one of Greenwich's Green Flag Award-winning sites and it has achieved a silver gilt in the small park of the year category of the London in Bloom awards. It is connected historically with the Tudor monarchs' residence at nearby Eltham Palace.
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING Well Hall lies 0.5km south of the village of Well, 2.5km south-west of Alford, 2.75km north-east of the village of Ulceby, and 6km north-west of the village of Willoughby, with the Hall and its grounds comprising c 280ha.
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Well Hall is a 20th-century public park of five hectares set in the grounds of a 16th-century moated manor house. The house, rebuilt in the 18th century, was demolished in the 1930s. Much of the 1930s layout remains as well as historic features such as medieval walls, moat and bee-boles.
