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Penge Anerley is a South East London area whose name comes from the house built by William Sanderson on Penge Common. Sanderson was an 18th-century Scottish silk manufacturer who bought land in the area. He raised the first house here and named it Anerley. This is the Scottish word for “lonely” or “only”. The house also gave the name to the nearby Anerley Road and to the local railway station which opened in 1839 under the name Annerley Bridge Station. The Anerley Town Hall has an 1827 book that mentions William Sanderson.

This SE20 area featured an atmospheric railway built by well-known civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This is a system that uses differential air pressure as propulsion. The Croydon Canal opened in 1809 and closed in 1836, passed through this area. The Crystal Palace Low Level railway station can be found in Anerley. The station was built to accommodate the Crystal Palace building. Penge Place in Penge Anerley is the area where the Crystal Palace was relocated. It used to be part of Penge Common. Penge Recreation Ground and Betts Park are built on the site of the former Common.

Betts Park in Penge Anerley was opened in 1928. The park includes a part of the now-closed Croydon Canal. The park takes the name of landowner Frederick Betts who donated the land on which the park was built. The park features a playground, football pitch, gym, and ball court. Anerley Arms is the only Samuel Smith pub in London. Established in 1758, Samuel Smith’s is one of the oldest breweries. Thomas Crapper the famous plumber who promoted the flush toilet and poet Writer de la Mare lived on Thornsett Road. Aviator Arthur Bigsworth who supposedly inspired fictional adventure hero Biggles and James Busby who drafted New Zeeland’s Declaration of Independence and brought wine to the continent are other notable residents.