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Croydon expanded in the Middle Ages as a market town and a centre for charcoal production, leather tanning and brewing, with the brewing industry in particular remaining strong for hundreds of years. [6] The Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Wandsworth opened in 1803 and was an early public railway. [7]
Croydon's physical features consist of many hills and rivers spread out across the borough and into the North Downs, Surrey, and the rest of south London. Addington Hills is a major hilly area to the south of London and is recognised as a significant obstacle to the growth of London from its origins as a port on the north side of the river, to ...
Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000) was born in Croydon, then part of Surrey. Norman Cook, also known as Fatboy Slim (born 1963), grew up in Reigate. Georgia Buchanan, also known as Call Me Loop (born 1991), was born in Surrey. [119] Hard-Fi members Richard Archer, Ross Phillips and Kai Stephens are from Staines-upon-Thames.
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least 800 years.It was originally granted as an estate from holdings at Sanderstead and until as a district of Surrey and then, with neighbouring Coulsdon, as an urban district that became an electoral ward of the London Borough of Croydon, becoming ...
The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey .
Shirley is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It lies north of Spring Park and Addington, east of Addiscombe, south of Monks Orchard and west of West Wickham, and 10 miles south-southeast of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Shirley was in the administrative county of Surrey.
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 .
The junction of Surrey Street (to the left) and the High Street (to the right) Surrey Street Market (also known as Croydon Market) [1] is a street market located in Surrey Street, Croydon, south London. Records of a market on the site date back to the 13th century. It operates six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and mainly sells fruit and ...