Upper Norwood is an area of south
London
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, England, within the London Boroughs of
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...
,
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...
,
Lambeth
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area ex ...
and
Southwark
Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...
. It is north of
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...
and the eastern part of it is better known as the
Crystal Palace area.
Upper Norwood is situated along the
London clay
The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 56–49 million years ago) age which crops out in the southeast of England. The London Clay is well known for its fossil content. The fossils from t ...
ridge known as Beulah Hill. Most housing dates from the 19th and 20th centuries, with large detached properties along the ridge and smaller, semi-detached and terraced dwellings on the slopes. There are some more modern areas of
social housing
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that date from the 1970s. The hill offers panoramic views northward to central London and southward to central
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...
and the
North Downs
The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. Much of the North Downs comprises two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs): the Surrey Hills ...
.
History
The area is one of the highest in the London area, and for centuries was occupied by the
Great North Wood
The Great North Wood was a natural oak woodland that started south-east of central London and scaled the Norwood Ridge. At its full extent, the wood's boundaries stretched almost as far as Croydon and as far north as Camberwell. It had occas ...
, an extensive area of natural
oak forest which formed a wilderness close to the southern edge of the ever-expanding city of London. The name "Norwood" is a contraction of "North Wood". Local legend has it that
Sir Francis Drake
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's ship, ''
The Golden Hind'', was made from timber cut from trees in this area. The forest was a popular area for Londoners' recreation until the 19th century, when it began to be built over. It was also a haunt of
Gypsies, with many local street names and pubs recording the link, notably
Gipsy Hill. The area still retains woodland in large amounts for an urban area.
The Beulah Hill ridge was used as a sighting-point for the
Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790), which measured the precise distance between the
Royal Greenwich Observatory
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in ...
and the
Paris Observatory
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, using
trigonometry
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. It was particularly useful for this purpose on account of both its height and its relative proximity to Greenwich.
In 1831, one of England's most prominent architects,
Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. He was the foremost Victorian architect in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Reg ...
, designed a spa and pleasure gardens below Beulah Hill and off what is now Spa Hill in a bowl of land on the south facing side of the hill around a spring of
chalybeate
Chalybeate () waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.
Name
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water. Burton was responsible for the Beulah Spa Hotel (demolished c. 1935) and the layout of the grounds. Its official title was The Royal Beulah Spa and Gardens. It became a popular society venue attracting large crowds to its ''fêtes''. One widely publicized event was a "Grand Scottish Fete" on 16 September 1834 "with a tightrope performance by
Pablo Fanque," the black circus performer who would later dominate the Victorian circus and achieve immortality in
The Beatles
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song, ''
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!'' The spa closed in 1856, soon after the opening nearby of
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around ...
.
The Crystal Palace was rebuilt nearby on
Sydenham Hill
Sydenham Hill forms part of a longer ridge and is an affluent locality in southeast London. It is also the name of a road which runs along the northeastern part of the ridge, demarcating the London Boroughs of Southwark, Bromley, and Lewisha ...
in 1854, following its success at
The Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took pl ...
of 1851 in
Hyde Park. It was destroyed in a
spectacular fire in 1936. The importance of this building and its impact on the locality for decades, led to the area immediately around the palace and its park becoming known as
Crystal Palace. The most easterly district of Upper Norwood is now known as Crystal Palace and is the commercial hub of Upper Norwood, known locally as the "Triangle". The most westerly district is known as Crown Point. The central district was once known as
Norwood New Town
Norwood New Town is a largely residential, former working-class enclave within the larger district of Upper Norwood in Southeast London. It is within the London Borough of Croydon. In common with the neighbouring districts of West Norwood, South ...
, but this name is now only seen on older maps. The French impressionist
Camille Pissarro painted around the area in the early 1870s, including in neighbouring
Sydenham, producing scenes such as a view from ''Fox Hill, Upper Norwood'', now in the
National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
and the ''Crystal Palace'' painted from the Parade, now in the
Art Institute of Chicago
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.
In March 1966, shortly before the
World Cup tournament, the
Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from an exhibition at
Central Hall Westminster
The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue in the City of Westminster, London, serving primarily as a Methodist church and a conference centre. The building, which is a tourist attraction, also ho ...
. It was found seven days later in Beulah Hill by a dog named "
Pickles". The story made national headlines.
Landmarks
St Joseph's College is a Roman Catholic boys'
secondary school which was first established in Upper Norwood in 1855. The school operates a coeducational
sixth form
In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...
.
Harris Academy Upper Norwood
Harris Academy Upper Norwood (formerly Westwood High School for Girls and then Westwood Girls' College for Languages and Arts and Ingram County Secondary Girls' School) was a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in the Upper Norw ...
is a girls' school that was established in the area as Westwood High School in 1958.
The Cedars School
The Cedars School is an 11–18 boys, Roman Catholic, private school and sixth form. It is located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon in England. The current site is the former location of Virgo Fidelis Convent Seni ...
and
The Laurels School
The Laurels School is a Roman Catholic independent day school for girls. It is located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon in England.
The school relocated to its present site in September 2021. The site is the former ...
are Roman Catholic independent schools located on the former site of Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School on Central Hill, founded in 1848. They occupy an eighteenth-century grand house, once the home of the notable socialite and courtesan
Mary Nesbitt
Mary Nesbitt (born 1742/3 – died 1825) was an English upper class socialite and courtesan who mixed in the elevated circles of government and royalty in late 18th century Great Britain. Her home, Norwood House, in Upper Norwood, then Surre ...
.
The
Church of England
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Parish
Church of St John the Evangelist on Sylvan Road, completed in 1887, is a notable example of the work of the architect
John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a British Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficienc ...
. Designed in the
Gothic Revival style, this
Grade II* listed
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red brick building features some significant interior stone decoration and a stained glass window by
Ninian Comper, who lived in the area.
Upper Norwood Library
Upper Norwood Library Hub is a community managed library in Upper Norwood, South London. It stands on Westow Hill, in Crystal Palace town centre, within the London Borough of Lambeth, but on the edge of the boundary with the London Borough of Cr ...
in Westow Hill, the only independent public library in the UK, was built in 1899 by joint agreement of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Lambeth. The library holds a Local History Collection of the Upper Norwood district and the Crystal Palace.
A notable park in the area is
Upper Norwood Recreation Ground. Its site is part of the Harold Road Conservation Area. Its boundary is defined by Chevening Road, Hermitage Road, Eversley Road and Harold Road. One of London's hidden rivers,
River Effra
The River Effra is a former set of streams in south London, England, culverted and used mainly for storm sewerage. It had been a tributary of the Thames. Its catchment waters, where not drained to aquifer soakaways and surface water drains, ha ...
flows under the park and at the Harold Road end a wellhead exists. It was covered in the 1940s. The Upper Norwood Recreation Ground was a location in
Patrick Keiller's 1983 film, ''Norwood'', and in
Chris Shepherd
Chris Shepherd (born 11 December 1967) is a double BAFTA nominated television/film writer and director. Born in Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire, in 1967. He is mainly known for combining live action with animation. His work fuses comedy with com ...
's 2010 film ''
Bad Night for the Blues
''Bad Night for the Blues'' is a 15-minute comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. First transmitted on the BBC on 27 February 2011 and later in France on 2 April 2011 as a part of Mickrocine on Canal+ Cin ...
''.
The
Croydon transmitting station
The Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on Beaulieu Heights in Upper Norwood, London, England (), in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was established in 1955 and initially used a sma ...
, a TV transmitter tower, stands on the hill at Upper Norwood and a second larger TV transmitter, the
Crystal Palace transmitting station, stands in Crystal Palace Park. Together these make the district a landmark location, visible from any part of the London area.
In 1985 a
Safeway
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supermarket opened on Westow Street. In 1990 the exterior of this branch featured in a clip of the television drama series
Grange Hill. The store was acquired by
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets, trading as Morrisons, is the fifth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, the company had 497 supermarkets across England, Wales and Scotland, as well as one in Gibraltar. The company is headqu ...
in March 2004, who closed it in November 2005. The lease of the vacant store was purchased by
Sainsbury's
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales.
Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company w ...
in August 2006.
Transport
The hilly nature of the land has restricted the construction of railways through the district. The former branch line terminus at
Crystal Palace High Level railway station which opened in 1865 closed in 1954, and the remaining
Crystal Palace railway station
Crystal Palace railway station is a Network Rail and London Overground station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It is located in the Anerley area between the town centres of Crystal Palace and Penge, from . It is one of two ...
is some distance below Upper Norwood, and approached by many steps. However, Crystal Palace Parade remains an important bus interchange and many residents instead use plentiful local bus routes to travel to
West Norwood,
Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London that sits on Brockwell Park. It is approximately five miles from Charing Cross and is bordered by Brixton, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Streatham and West Norwood.
History
Th ...
,
Streatham,
West Dulwich or
Norbury railway stations. The disconnection from the capital's rail/tube network has led to it having lower house prices than other areas possessing scenic views of London.
Notable people
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Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American and British playwright and mainly Shakespearean actor lived at 5 Hamlet Road from 1861 to 1862 with his wife
Margaret Gill. A blue plaque unveiled in 2007 commemorates Aldridge as the "African Roscius".
*
Thomas Attwood (1765–1838), pupil of Mozart and organist at St Paul's Cathedral, lived in ''Roselawn'', a large house on Beulah Hill near the junction with Hermitage Road. He played host to the composer
Felix Mendelssohn in 1829 and 1832.
* Admiral Sir
Robert Lambert Baynes KCB (1796–1869), Royal Navy officer; Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station; credited with adopting a policy of non-intervention that helped defuse the San Juan Boundary Dispute of 1859 between Britain and the United States of America.
*
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
(1888–1959), the author of American noir detective novels lived as a boy in the area especially at ''Mount Cyra'', 110, Auckland Road, from 1900 to 1905. The house now has a
Blue Plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker. The term i ...
.
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Sir John Ninian Comper (1864–1960), one of the great
Gothic Revival architects of the 20th century, lived at The Priory, 67 Beulah Hill (now demolished). His son
Nicholas Comper
Nicholas Comper (29 April 1897 – 17 June 1939) was an English aviator and aircraft designer, whose most notable success was the 1930s Comper Swift monoplane racer.
Early life
Nicholas Comper was born in Lambeth, London, England, the son of ...
(1897–1939) was an aviator who designed the
Comper Swift monoplane in the back garden.
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Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
(1857–1934), composer, and his wife
Caroline Alice Elgar (1848–1920) lived at Oaklands, Fountain Road in 1889, soon after they were married, so that they could be near the Crystal Palace concerts.
*
Bernard Fagg (1915–1987), archaeologist and museum curator, was born in Upper Norwood.
* Sir
Theodore Ford Sir Theodore Thomas Ford (25 September 1830''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975'' – 23 May 1920) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements in the 19th century.
Early life
Ford was bo ...
(1829–1920),
chief justice of the Straits Settlements, lived in Upper Norwood from his retirement in 1896 to his death in 1920.
*
Robert FitzRoy
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra d ...
(1805–1865), captain of
HMS Beagle
HMS ''Beagle'' was a 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803 (roughly equivalent to £ in 2018), was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on t ...
, second governor of New Zealand, and inventor of the weather forecast, lived in Church Road and is buried in front of All Saints' Church.
*
Walter Franklin (1891–1968), first-class cricketer.
* Simon Friend, multi-instrumentalist in the alternative rock band
The Levellers
The Levellers were a political movement active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark of Leveller thought was its popul ...
founded in 1988.
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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894), sculptor of the famous
dinosaurs in the park, lived at Fossil Villa, 22 Belvedere Road.
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Anthony Ludovici (1882–1971), philosopher, and his wife the writer
Elsie Finnimore Buckley
Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1 August 1882 – 6 June 1959) was an English writer and translator.
Buckley was born in Calcutta, the daughter of Robert Burton Buckley, a civil engineer, and Ada Marian Sarah Finnimore. She was educated at Girton Co ...
(1882–1959) lived at 35 Central Hill, soon after they were married in 1920.
*
G. E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher, who was the father (with
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ar ...
) of analytic philosophy.
*
Mary Nesbitt
Mary Nesbitt (born 1742/3 – died 1825) was an English upper class socialite and courtesan who mixed in the elevated circles of government and royalty in late 18th century Great Britain. Her home, Norwood House, in Upper Norwood, then Surre ...
(1742/3–1825), an 18th-century courtesan who became involved in political intrigue, lived at Norwood House off Central Hill. The house is now part of
The Cedars School
The Cedars School is an 11–18 boys, Roman Catholic, private school and sixth form. It is located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon in England. The current site is the former location of Virgo Fidelis Convent Seni ...
and
The Laurels School
The Laurels School is a Roman Catholic independent day school for girls. It is located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon in England.
The school relocated to its present site in September 2021. The site is the former ...
.
*
Charles Patteson
Charles Patteson (11 November 1891 – 9 December 1957) was an English international hockey player, first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Patteson was born at Upper Norwood in November 1891. He was educated at Marlborough College, and retu ...
(1891–1957), clergyman, first-class cricketer and international hockey player.
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Joseph Paxton
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(1803–1865), famed designer of the Crystal Palace, lived in a house called Rockhills at the top of Westwood Hill.
*
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), the impressionist painter, moved with his family to the area upon the outbreak of the
Franco-Prussian War.
*
Troy Southgate (b.1965), writer, musician and publisher, lived in Gipsy Hill and grew up on the Central Hill Estate.
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Charles Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher.
Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He ...
(1834–1892) highly influential English Particular Baptist minister known as the ''Prince of Preachers'' was Pastor of
Metropolitan Tabernacle from 1854 to 1892 and lived in Upper Norwood at ''Westwood'' on Beulah Hill from 1880 until his death. The namesake of ''Spurgeon Road''.
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Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
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(1840–1929), suffragette and Shakespearean scholar, organized cultural groups in Upper Norwood in the 1880s.
*
Marie Stopes
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification ...
(1880–1958), a botanist and birth-control advocate who opened the first birth control clinic in Britain.
*
Sir William Treloar (1843–1923), a Sheriff and
Lord Mayor of London
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lived at Grange Mount, a house situated at the junction of Grange Road and Beulah Hill.
* Sir
Francis Wyatt Truscott
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (24 November 1824 – 3 March 1895) was Lord Mayor of London in 1879–80, a member of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, Worshipful Company of Stationers and the father of Sir George Wyatt Trusc ...
(1824–1895), Lord Mayor of London 1879–1880, lived at Essex Lodge on Central Hill.
* Sir
George Wyatt Truscott (1857–1941), son of the above, also Lord Mayor of London 1908–1909, lived at Emilena House, Central Hill.
*
Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...
(1840–1902), French novelist, lived in exile at the Queen's Hotel on Church Road, here from October 1898 to June 1899.
Nearest places
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Anerley
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Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...
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Crystal Palace
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Dulwich
Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half ...
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Gipsy Hill
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Norbury
Norbury is an area of south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. Norbury is south of Charing Cross.
Etymology
The name Norbury derives from ''North Burh'', (North Borough). Some local histories note tha ...
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Penge
Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross.
History
Penge was once a small hamlet, which was recorded under the name Penc ...
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Streatham
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Streatham Common
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Selhurst
Selhurst is an area in the London Borough of Croydon south-south-east of Charing Cross. Historically it lay in Surrey. The area is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woo ...
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South Norwood
South Norwood is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey. It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Woodsid ...
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Sydenham
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Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London that sits on Brockwell Park. It is approximately five miles from Charing Cross and is bordered by Brixton, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Streatham and West Norwood.
History
Th ...
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Thornton Heath
Thornton Heath is a district of Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around north of the town of Croydon, and south of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Thornton Heath was in the C ...
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West Norwood
Nearest stations
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Crystal Palace railway station
Crystal Palace railway station is a Network Rail and London Overground station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It is located in the Anerley area between the town centres of Crystal Palace and Penge, from . It is one of two ...
(
East London Line services from 2010)
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Gipsy Hill railway station
Gipsy Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London. It is situated on the Crystal Palace line, measured from . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern, and it is in Travelcard Zone 3.
A ...
*
West Norwood railway station
References
Sources
* Alan R. Warwick; The Phoenix Suburb: A South London Social History; Publisher: Crystal Palace Foundation; / 0904034011
* ''Brewer's Britain and Ireland'', compiled by John Ayto and Ian Crofton,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It has been a division of the French-owned Orion Publishing Group since 1991.
History
George Weidenfeld ...
, 2005,
External links
Upper Norwood Library – Independent Public LibraryVirtual NorwoodNorwood Societywww.uppernorwood.com
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