Norbury
Norbury, Croydon A multi-ethnic district consisting mainly of former council houses, situated between Thornton Heath and Streatham The existence of a manor house was first…
Read More…the Croydon to Epsom railway line came through in 1847, and to the cemetery that was opened by Croydon rural district council in 1900. Bandon Hill…
Read More…ward of Thamesmead Moorings has by far the most residents of black African descent. Peckham, which used to top that list, now comes second. Croydon’s…
Read MoreThe 50p building ‘The 50p building’ is a nickname for the office tower properly called No.1 Croydon, previously the NLA Tower, which is located near…
Read MoreShrublands, Croydon A postwar council estate situated in the south-eastern corner of Spring Park When the woods and farmland of Spring Park were suburbanised in…
Read More…one or other of those places There was nothing here but fields bordered by intermittent trees until the Croydon canal meandered through in the early…
Read MoreUpper Norwood, Croydon The central part of the huge Victorian suburb of Norwood, situated west of Crystal Palace (the two identities overlap and many residents…
Read MoreUpper Woodcote, Croydon Also known as the Webb estate, this garden village in south-west Purley is a paradise for horticulturalists and tree lovers – if…
Read MoreRussell Hill, Croydon A scholastic locality in north-west Purley, where the ground rises to over 360 feet above sea level The area was referred to as…
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