Swedenborg Churches in South London (Deptford, Camberwell, Norwood)

 The visionary Christianity of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) had a big impact on the more mystically inclined believers in the 18th and 19th centuries, famously including William Blake (though never somebody to bow to another's doctrine he had his criticisms of the Swedish thinker). To this day the Swedenborg Society still maintain a centre in Covent Garden where they put on some interesting events.

In the late 19th century there were at least three 'New Jerusalem Church' congregations in South London:  in Flodden Road, Camberwell; in Warwick Street, Deptford; and off Anerley Hill in Upper Norwood.

According to Lewisham archives, The Deptford New Jerusalem Church on Warwick Street (now Warwickshire path) was built in 1871and closed in 1949 though it was later used by the Deptford Branch of British Legion.

The Camberwell church is pictured below in 1908 (it closed in 1970):

The Deptford and Camberwell buildings are long gone, but another New Church off Anerley Hill remained open until 1987 and has been converted to housing (New Church Court in Waldegrave Road, near to Crystal Palace station):