Waddon Close, CR0

Place Name

Named after the local area in Croydon meaning woad hill, the plant used for dying material. One of its earliest mentions was sometime around 1115 written as Waddon and as Woddon in 1279. Woad was still used until the early 20thCentury to dye uniforms.

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