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constanzadrel
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Top work - Doing all that with a lump hammer and bolster is going to hurt tomorrow!
When I did similar, I may have hacked into the footing a little more than that..
Is that down pipe just going into the soil?
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Good work sorting this out.
DPC should be 150mm or two brick courses above external ground level
The air bricks are required below suspended floor joist level, if you are adding a french drain (perforations directed away) and sit outside of the existing footing and slight fall 1:100 should be sufficient.
NotThamesWater
almac68
The dpc should be above the ground level in any case. It could be slate or pitch, guessing the age from the brickwork.
Also guessing, it's unlikely to be a footing - they tend to be flaired brick footing.
The concrete might just be another previous shitty path effort, and that damp looks like it could just be splashback. Dig it up.