New Cross
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New Cross is a district on the north tip of the London Borough of Lewisham. New Cross is covered by London postal district SE14.
It is home to Goldsmiths College, the Haberdasher's Aske College and Millwall F.C.
The area is served by two stations, New Cross station and New Cross Gate station. Both are on the East London Line of the London Underground network as well as being suburban railway stations.
New Cross is near St John's, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich. Its proximity to the latter two, both of which have strong maritime connections, led to the establishment of the Royal Naval School in New Cross in 1843 to house "the sons of impecunious naval officers". The school relocated further south-east to Mottingham in 1889, and the former school building subsequently (from 1891) housed Goldsmiths College.
Famous residents
- Poet Robert Browning lived in Telegraph Cottage near New Cross Road during the 1840s
- Political activist Jim Connell wrote the anthem The Red Flag en route to his home in New Cross in December 1889
- Music hall star Marie Lloyd lived in Lewisham Way from 1887 to 1893
- Sir Barnes Wallis (blue plaque on building on corner of New Cross Road and Nettleton Road)
In song
- Carter USM wrote a song called The Only Living Boy in New Cross (1992) (the title being a play on that of Simon and Garfunkel's song The only living boy in New York).