Has neighbourhood ethnic segregation decreased?" (PDF). Dynamics of Diversity – Evidence from the 2011 Census. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. February 2013 – via University of Manchester. There is also a plausible Brittonic origin for Croydon in the form "Crai-din" meaning "settlement near fresh water" (cf Creuddyn, Ceredigion), the name Crai (variously spelled) being found in Kent at various places even as late as the Domesday Book [ citation needed]. [8] Simply use dry-wipe markers to plot your business areas or locations on the map - if they change, simply wipe clean and start again. In November 2013, Central Croydon MP Gavin Barwell gave a presentation at a public meeting on the Croydon regeneration project, detailing various developments underway due to be completed in coming years. [49]

Barling, Kurt (16 February 2009). "A war hero to inspire today's school heroes". BBC . Retrieved 20 June 2020. The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the London Borough of Croydon, the southeastern part of the London Borough of Merton and small parts of the London Boroughs of Sutton and Bromley. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the Tandridge district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

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Croydon lies on a transport corridor between central London and the south coast of England, to the north of two high gaps in the North Downs, one taken by the A23 Brighton Road and the main railway line through Purley and Merstham and the other by the A22 from Purley to the M25 Godstone interchange. Road traffic is diverted away from a largely pedestrianised town centre, mostly consisting of North End. East Croydon railway station is a hub of the national railway system, with frequent fast services to central London, Brighton and the south coast. The town is also at the centre of the only tramway system in southern England. The arrival of the railways and other communications advances in the 19th century led to a 23-fold increase in Croydon's population between 1801 and 1901. [5] This rapid expansion of the town led to considerable health problems, especially in the damp and overcrowded working class district of Old Town. In response to this, in 1849 Croydon became one of the first towns in the country to acquire a local board of health. The Board constructed public health infrastructure including a reservoir, water supply network, sewers, a pumping station and sewage disposal works. The Surrey Street Pumping Station is Grade II listed; it was built in four phases. starting with the engine house in 1851, with a further engine house in 1862, a further extension in 1876–7 to house a compound horizontal engine and a further extension in 1912. [27] A growing town [ edit ] The Allders building in 1983 Shopping parade in North End, Croydon Streatham-Croydon RFC, founded in 1871, is one of Greater London's oldest extant rugby union clubs, playing just north of the town centre at Frant Road in Thornton Heath. Horse racing in the area took place occasionally, notably during visits of Queen Elizabeth I to the archbishop. Regular meetings became established first on a course at Park Hill in 1860 and from 1866 at Woodside, where particularly good prizes were offered for the races run under National Hunt rules. In that sphere its prestige was second only to Aintree, home of the Grand National. Increasing local opposition to the presence of allegedly unruly racegoers coupled with the need to obtain a licence from the local authority led to it being closed down in 1890. [24] Kirsty MacColl". The Daily Telegraph. 20 December 2000. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.

The Parish Church (now Croydon Minster) is a Perpendicular-style church, which was remodelled in 1849 but destroyed in a great fire in 1867, after which only the tower, south porch, and outer walls remained. A new church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of the greatest architects of the Victorian age, and opened in 1870. His design loosely followed the previous layout, with knapped flint facing and many of the original features, including several tombs. Croydon Parish Church is the burial place of six Archbishops of Canterbury: John Whitgift, Edmund Grindal, Gilbert Sheldon, William Wake, John Potter and Thomas Herring. Historically part of the Diocese of Canterbury, Croydon is now in the Diocese of Southwark. In addition to the suffragan Bishop of Croydon, the Vicar of Croydon is a preferment. [ citation needed] The Grade I listed " Whitgift Hospital" almshouses in the centre of Croydon The Grade II listed West Croydon Baptist Church The Grade I listed Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, West Croydon Topographically, central Croydon generally lies between 50 metres (160ft) (in the north) and 70 metres (230ft) (in the south) above sea level. Elevation significantly climbs towards the east of the town – Coombe Park peaks at about 95 metres (312ft) above sea level, whereas the Addington Hills, Coombe Wood and Addington Golf Course are as high as 145 metres (476ft), with the southern end of New Addington having an elevation of over 160 metres (520ft). To the south, Croham Hurst has a hill of 145 metres (476ft), and the highest area of Croydon is the Sanderstead Plantation at 175 metres (574ft). The lowest elevation is around Broad Green, about 35 metres (115ft) above sea level. insidecroydon (13 January 2023). "Soda Beat concert at Stanley Halls, South Norwood, Feb 20". Inside Croydon . Retrieved 10 April 2023. Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), author and media personality, the son of H. T. Muggeridge, a prominent Croydon Labour councillor, and taught at John Ruskin Central School in the 1920sMokbel, Sami (29 March 2006). "Park Place peerages row". The Croydon Guardian. Newsquest Media Group . Retrieved 2 February 2019. Nightingale, Anne (2020). Hey hi hello. London. ISBN 978-1-4746-1668-3. OCLC 1158144145. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Shaw, Muriel (September 1988). "Roman Period Burials in Croydon". CNHSS Archaeology Section Newsletter (71): 2–6. The nearest hospital is Croydon University Hospital (known from 1923 to 2010 as Mayday Hospital) in nearby Thornton Heath, which is part of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. [76] The London Ambulance Service provides the ambulance service. [77] Demography and population [ edit ]