Spare Parts was followed by Sound Pump in 1968, Macainsh formed Reuben Tice in Eltham, with Tony Williams on vocals.

His penultimate match, and the last in which he batted, was for Eltham Cricket Club at Grove Park on 25 July 1914, a week after his 66th birthday.

played in " was a couple of weeks later for Eltham v Northbrook on 8 August.

After some five years of siege, Manuel II entrusted the city to his nephew and embarked ( along with a suite of 40 people ) on a long trip abroad to seek assistance against the Ottoman Empire from the courts of western Europe, including those of Henry IV of England ( making him the only Byzantine emperor ever to visit England – he was welcomed from December 1400 to January 1401 at Eltham Palace, and a joust took place in his honour ), Charles VI of France, the Holy Roman Empire, Queen Margaret I of Denmark and from Aragon.

In 1608, according to tradition, Blackheath was the place where golf was introduced to England – the Royal Blackheath Golf Club ( based in nearby Eltham since 1923 ) was one of the first golf associations established ( 1766 ) outside Scotland.

Mottingham was originally a hamlet in Eltham parish, in the Blackheath hundred of Kent.

A key year in the history of Mottingham was 1866, when the area became connected to the railway system with the construction of Mottingham station ( then known as Eltham station ).

The first church in Mottingham was St Andrews Church on Court Road and was established in 1884, which further helped establish Mottingham as separate from Eltham.

Syme was born to David and Florence Syme in Eltham, New Zealand, where he attended primary and secondary school ; a bad case of measles seriously damaged his vision during this period.

In the summer of 1657, whilst visiting his wife, who was expecting their tenth child, Lilburne died at Eltham 29 August 1657, and was buried at Moorfields, " in the new churchyard adjoining to Bedlam ".

Parnell later took up residence with her in Eltham, Kent in the summer of 1886, and was a known overnight visitor at the O ' Shea house in Brockley, London.

Once married, although granddaughter Philippa of Eltham was grown, it was decided they would continue working for her and the king.

It was worked on by a number of English craftsmen, and incorporates some English design ideas, being comparable to Edward IV's hall at Eltham Palace, built in the late 1470s.

On 20 September 2010, Status Quo was honoured with a plaque commemorating their first gig at the Welcome Inn in Well Hall Road, Eltham, where the band first performed in 1967.

He was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, GCVO ( 11 October 1895 – 16 April 1981 ), known as Prince George of Teck until 1917 and as Earl of Eltham from 1917 to 1927, was a minor member of the British Royal Family, a great-great-grandson of King George III and nephew of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. He was also nephew to the 1st Earl of Athlone.

The former Duke of Teck was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Prince George became George Cambridge and was styled Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title.

A suite of rooms in Eltham Palace, no longer used by the Royal family, was also provided as a country retreat.

* 1972 – The Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126.

His education continued at Eltham College, Mottingham ( 1923-1929 ), where his talents were encouraged by his English teacher, Eric Drake.

While in London they resided with Henry Waterhouse, and when Yemmerrawanie became sick, they moved to Eltham and resided at the house of Edward Kent where they were tended by Mr and Mrs Phillips, and met Lord Sydney.

Eleven days later a group of Titokowaru's followers, by now starving and subsisting on foraged food including fungus and grubs, surrendered in a swamp hideout at Ngaere, near modern-day Eltham, while their chief evaded soldiers and settled at Kawau Pa in the Upper Waitara Valley.

There are many Independent Schools within the London Borough of Bromley, all of which provide exceptional education, however both Eltham College ( in the nearby area of Mottingham-within the borough of Bromley and near the London Borough of Lewisham ) and Bromley High ( situated in the nearby, affluent area of Bickley-also within the borough of Bromley ) have been regarded as institutes of educational excellence and have also been recognised by OFTSED for Outstanding in every criteria.

Much of Pouakai's large ringplain was obliterated by the Egmont Volcano, the hills near Eltham being the only remnant to the south.

:“ I had been carried off by Thomas More, who had come to pay me a visit on an estate of Mountjoy ’ s ( the house of Lord Mountjoy near Greenwich ) where I was staying, to take a walk by way of diversion as far as the nearest town ( Eltham ).

With the grand rebuilding of Greenwich Palace, which was more easily reached by river, Eltham was less frequented, save for the hunting in its enclosed parks, easily reached from Greenwich, " as well enjoyed, the Court lying at Greenwiche, as if it were at this house it self ".

John Evelyn saw it 22 April 1656: " Went to see his Majesty's house at Eltham ; both the palace and chapel in miserable ruins, the noble wood and park destroyed by Rich the rebel ".

The Courtaulds remained at Eltham until 1944 ( during which time Stephen firewatched from the Great Hall roof, with the palace near the docks at Woolwich, a prime bombing target-in September 1940, the roof of the Great Hall was badly damaged by a bomb ).

Bottomley fought the new seat of Eltham which he won by over 7, 500 votes.

Efford first contested the marginal seat of Eltham at the 1992 general election, but was defeated by the sitting Conservative Peter Bottomley by 1, 666 votes.

Efford gained Eltham for Labour by a majority of 10, 182.

Knight was educated at Eltham College, an independent school in Mottingham in south-east London, followed by Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied Geography, Social & Political Sciences from 1984 – 87, gaining a BA Hons.

Eltham is bordered by Woolwich, Kidbrooke, Welling, Lee Green, Mottingham, Shooter's Hill, New Eltham and Falconwood.

By 1851 the first Crown allotments were being subdivided and sold, along with a private subdivision developed by T. M. Holloway, known as Little Eltham.

In March 1855, Wekey held a meeting at the Bulleen Hotel and called for shareholders, " each according to his means ”, in a proposed toll bridge, the first bridge ever built over the Upper Yarra, joining " Eltham " to Templestowe, and replacing a toll punt being operated by the company.

The Eltham Courthouse, on the corner of Main Road and Brougham Street, was built in 1859 and was classified by the National Trust in 1977.

During a tour of North America's west coast the relationship between Farren and the musicians became personally and musically strained, and the band decided to continue without Farren, who to England where he teamed up with ex-Pretty Things drummer Twink ( born John Charles Alder, 29 November 1944, in Colchester, Essex ) and Steve Peregrin Took ( born Stephen Ross Porter, 28 July 1949, in Eltham, South East London ) to record the album Mona – The Carnivorous Circus, an album interspersed with interviews with members of the U. K Hells Angels, before concentrating on music journalism.

Early in his reign, Henry hosted the visit of Manuel II Palaiologos, the only Byzantine emperor ever to visit England, from December 1400 to January 1401 at Eltham Palace, with a joust being given in his honour.

* John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall ( 1316-1336 ), second son of Edward II

John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall ( 15 August 1316 – 13 September 1336 ) was the second son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France.