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Waddon, Croydon The western side of Croydon, noted for its business and retail parks Waddon’s name was first recorded in the twelfth century and derives…

Broad Green, Croydon A tarnished gateway to Croydon, Broad Green straddles the London Road south of Thornton Heath Broad Green’s name, which is self-explana­tory, dates…

Selsdon, Croydon A pros­perous southerly outpost of Croydon situated in an elevated position to the east of Sander­stead Selsdon’s name could have meant ‘dwelling on…

New Addington, Croydon A disad­van­taged settle­ment situated in the far east of the borough of Croydon, set on a steep hillside rising into the North…

…area: Croydon, CR0 Website: Forest­dale Residents’ Asso­ci­a­tion Further reading: John S Wagstaff, From ‘Hungry Bottom’ to Forest­dale … A chronicle of changing Croydon through the…

…unin­hab­ited part of Penge Common until the Croydon canal wound its way through in 1809. The common was enclosed in 1827 and the turnpike trust…

Addis­combe, Croydon A Victorian and interwar extension of Croydon, which lies to its west Although there is no record of Addiscombe’s existence before the 13th century,…

Roundshaw, Sutton A housing estate built (and then radically rebuilt) on land that was part of Croydon Airport until it closed in 1959 After the Second…