2nd Floor. To the east lie Addiscombe and Shirley. The Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Wandsworth opened in 1803 and was an early public railway. In addition to the suffragan Bishop of Croydon, the Vicar of Croydon is a preferment. People are getting food from the marque and stand around eating and talking to each other. 115 High Street Croydon. croydon high street 1970; croydon high street 1970. (16.5 x 74.9 cm) Classifications Documentary Artifact. The most prominent sports club in the borough is Crystal Palace Football Club, based in the north of the borough since 1918. Established in 1976, the Cartoon was a popular live music venue that closed in 2006. Croydon's growth in the 19th century brought the issue of incorporation back on to the political agenda, and in 1883 the ancient parish of Croydon, apart from its exclave of Croydon Crook or Selsdon, was created a municipal borough within Surrey. The trees in the park are in full bloom as a squirrel searches for food in the grass. who play at Croydon Sports Arena. In 1889, because the population was high enough, it was made a county borough, exempt from county administration. Media in category "Croydon High Street" The following 44 files are in this category, out of 44 total. A garden can be seen in spring time with flowers in bloom. Visit this location at 10 High Street, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 1HT. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2532 sq. 1,048 SF. However, if you would particularly like to buy one of these 27824 Quick View the Swan and Sugarloaf Hotel 1902 Ref. Croydon is a borough that's going places. We see children playing in the same park on a sunny day a football field is in the background and we can see a gas cylinder. ", "Welcome to the London Borough of Croydon, Croydon Gateway Public Inquiry website", "The London Borough of Croydon (Land west of East Croydon Station, The Gateway Site) Compulsory Purchase Order 2007", "Boris set to unveil 23 million for Croydon regeneration", "Public meeting on regeneration in Croydon 2013", "Croydon 1bn shopping centre plan approved", "Boris Johnson approves Croydon's 1bn Whitgift redevelopment", "Council gives green light to Westfield/Hammerson plan", "Cool Croydon: how bars, burgers and a new Boxpark are making Kate Moss's hometown a hipster hotspot", "EDAW masterplan begins the transformation of Croydon", "College Green & Fairfield Halls redevelopment exhibition", "Plans for Fairfield and College Green cultural quarter approved", "2013 London Town Centre Health Check Analysis Report", "An 1868 Gazetteer description of Croydon", "Results of Diamond Jubilee Civic Honours Competition announced", "Exclusive: Boris backs Croydon city bid", "Metropolitan Police: Croydon Police Station", "Mayday: Name change reflects health shake-up", "New ambulance operations manager for Croydon", "Has neighbourhood ethnic segregation decreased? The grounds on which it has been turned down have invariably been that it is (as was stated in 1992) merely "part of the London conurbation, rather than a place with a character and identity of its own". The railway boom of the 1840s brought superior and faster steam lines and it closed in 1846. [8], Alternative, although less probable, theories of the name's origin have been proposed. A new church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of the greatest architects of the Victorian age, and opened in 1870. According to John Corbet Anderson: "The earliest mention of Croydon is in the joint will of Beorhtric and Aelfswth, dated about the year 962.