Spring Park is a small area in
London
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,
England
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. It is within the
London Borough of Bromley
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and the
London Borough of Croydon, straddling the traditional
Kent
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-
Surrey
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border along The Beck. Spring Park is located north of
Addington Addington may refer to:
Places
In Australia:
* Addington, Victoria
In Canada:
* Addington, Ontario
* Addington County, Ontario (now Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)
* Addington Highlands, Ontario
* Addington Parish, New Brunswick
* Adding ...
, west of
West Wickham and south of
Monks Orchard
Monks Orchard is a suburb on the edge of the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London, England, priot to 1965 it was located in the historical county of Surrey. It is situated about 10 miles (16.1 km) south ...
and
Shirley.
[Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetter'', p. 467.]
History
The area was historically known as Cold Harbour.
Settlement began in the area in the 1830s at the instigation of the MP
John Temple Leader
John Temple Leader (7 May 1810 – 1 March 1903) was an English politician and connoisseur.
Early life
Born at his father's house, Putney Hill Villa, on 7 May 1810, he was the younger son of Mary and William Leader, a London merchant, and Whig ...
, who employed the agricultural innovator Hewitt Davis to turn what was barren heathland into productive farmland.
Large scale residential building began in the 1920s–1930s.
The Shrublands council estate was constructed after the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
on compulsorily purchased land from the golf course.
The area contains a small row of shops at the junction of Bridle Road and Broom Road. The Goat pub, which closed in 2017 following an attack on a local asylum seeker, re-opened in 2019 as The Apple Tree.
Notable residents
*
Joshua Buatsi
Joshua Buatsi (born 14 March 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2019, and the WBA International light-heavyweight title between 2018 and 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the light ...
- boxer, grew up on the Shrublands estate.
Gallery
File:Apple_Tree_pub,_Spring_Park.jpg, The Apple Tree pub, with Broom Road shops
File:All Saints church, Spring Park, Shirley, Croydon - geograph.org.uk - 34331.jpg, All Saints Church on Bridle Road was built in 1955-6 by William Curtis Green
William Curtis Green (16 July 1875 – 26 March 1960) was an English architect, designer and barrister"Quite ceremony in Archbishop's Palace", ''The Nottingham Evening Post'', 3 August 1935, p. 8. who was based in London for much of his career. ...
and is a Grade II listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.Millers Pond
Millers Pond is a small park in the Spring Park area of the London Borough of Croydon, England.Winterman, M.A. (1988). Millers Pond. . 57In: ''Croydon's Parks: An illustrated history''. London Borough of Croydon, Parks and Recreation Dep ...
, originally part of Spring Park Farm
References
Areas of London
Districts of the London Borough of Croydon
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