The pavements were widened, short stay bays created to help local businesses and shoppers, and trees were added.

The name Ladywell was in use by the 15th century, and maps dating to this period show the site of the original Lady well, in front of the area later to be occupied by the Freemason's Arms and now marked by a plaque.

In 1896 they were incorporated as part of the fountain that stood in the grounds of the Ladywell Public Baths, a local landmark built in red brick in 1884.

Ladywell House was the vicarage built in 1693 for Dean George Stanhope, the vicar of Lewisham and Deptford.

Hilly Fields park opened on 16 May 1896 after campaigning by one of the Founders of the National Trust,Octavia Hill.

It constitutes the core of the conservation area, supplemented by some later infill development of the late 19th and early 20th century that completed his streets.