Place Name Named after the nearby Freelands Wood. John Field in Place-Names of Greater London says it got its name…
Place Name A Green plaque at the junction of Drovers Road and Selsdon Road explains the story behind this street’s…
Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which was first recorded as Craweham in 1225, meaning the…
Place Name Named after the family of Robert de Boxeford, who was lord of the manor in these parts around…
Place Name Named after the fortress in 1868 taken by the British Expedition to Abyssinia to rescue several missionaries and…
Place Name Wickham is a Saxon word meaning a settlement on the site of an earlier Roman settlement – a…
Place Name Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, but the name is comparatively new. It was a back-formation…
Place Name Named after the local area in Croydon meaning woad hill, the plant used for dying material. One of…
Place Name Named after the Battle of Tugela Heights, which ran from February 14 until February 27, 1900 during the Second…
Place Name Named after Trojan Ltd, a British car maker which operated from a plant in Croydon from the 1920s…