![]() ![]() With the opening of Vauxhall Bridge in 1816, improved access to Central London led to a process of suburban development. The area remained undeveloped until the beginning of the 19th century, the main settlements being near Stockwell, Brixton Hill and Coldharbour Lane. ![]() It was only at the end of the 18th century that villages and settlements formed around Brixton, as the original woodland was gradually reduced until the area was covered in farmland and market gardens known for game and strawberries. The main roads were connected through a network of medieval country lanes, such as Acre Lane, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton Water Lane and Lyham Road, formerly Black Lane. At Brixton the river was crossed by low bridges for Roman roads to the south coast, now Brixton Road and Clapham Road. At the time the River Effra flowed from its source in Upper Norwood through Herne Hill to Brixton. The location is unknown but is thought to be at the top of Brixton Hill, at a road known at the time as Bristow or Brixton Causeway, long before any settlement in the area.īrixton marks the rise from the marshes in the north of the ancient parish of Lambeth up to the hills of Upper Norwood and Streatham. Brixi is thought to have erected a boundary stone to mark the meeting place of the ancient Brixton hundred court of Surrey. The name Brixton is thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning the stone of Brixi, a Saxon lord.
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