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The earliest detailed map of Croydon, drawn by the 18-year-old Jean-Baptiste Say in 1785. [13] The early settlement of Old Town, including the parish church (marked B) lies to the west; while the triangular medieval marketplace, probably associated with Archbishop Kilwardby's market charter of 1276, is clearly visible further east, although by this date it has been infilled with buildings.
Map of Croydon by Jean-Baptiste Say, 1785. [2] Old Town (including the parish church, marked B) lies to the west.The triangular medieval marketplace, associated with Archbishop Kilwardby's market charter of 1276, lies further east, although by this date infilled with buildings.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Old Palace School (Croydon Palace) ... Croydon: House: 1772: 29 January 1951
Croydon Airport (ICAO: EGCR) [a] was the UK's only international airport during the interwar period. [1] [2] It opened in 1920, located near Croydon, then part of Surrey.Built in a Neoclassical style, [3] it was developed as Britain's main airport, handling more cargo, mail, and passengers than any other UK airport at the time. [2]
The Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series maps were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s by the Ordnance Survey, with revisions published until the 1940s.The series mapped the counties of Great Britain at both a six inch and twenty-five inch scale with accompanying acreage and land use information.
The London Borough of Croydon (pronunciation ⓘ) is a borough in South London, part of Outer London.It covers an area of 87 km 2 (33.6 sq mi) and has a population of 390,719, making it the most populous London borough.
The County Borough of Croydon was a local government district in and around the town of Croydon in north east Surrey, England from 1889 to 1965. Since 1965 the district has been part of the London Borough of Croydon within Greater London .
South Croydon postcode district St Peter's Church. The area is bounded by the South Croydon electoral ward of the London Borough of Croydon. To the west and south it is bounded by the historic Croydon parish boundary, which runs from Conduit Lane to Croham Hurst, crossing Croham Road where it becomes Croham Valley Road, then across to the railway line, crossing Selsdon Road where it becomes ...