 thumb|lewisham, an important transport hub the london borough of lewisham () is a london borough in south-east london, england and forms part of inner london. the principal settlement of the borough is lewisham. the local authority is lewisham london borough council and it is based in catford. the prime meridian passes through lewisham. == history == the borough was formed in 1965, by the london government act 1963, as an amalgamation of the former area of the metropolitan borough of lewisham and the metropolitan borough of deptford, which had been created in 1900 as divisions of the county of london.vision of britain - lewisham lb minor boundary changes have occurred since its creation. the most significant amendments were made in 1996, when the former area of the royal docks in deptford was transferred from the london borough of greenwich.opsi &ndash; the greenwich and lewisham (london borough boundaries) order 1993 ==geography==  the borough is surrounded by the royal borough of greenwich to the east, the london borough of bromley to the south and the london borough of southwark to the west. the river thames forms a short section of northern boundary with the isle of dogs in the london borough of tower hamlets. deptford creek, pool river, river quaggy and river ravensbourne pass through the borough. major landmarks include all saints church in blackheath, the citibank tower in lewisham, dietrich bonhoeffer church (sydenham's german church, technically located in forest hill), the horniman museum in forest hill and millwall f.c. are based in the borough, their stadium the den being located in south bermondsey. ==demographics== according to the 2011 census,{{cite we
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