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George Street, CR0

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Place Name Took its name from a former pub called the George and Dragon which stood in Croydon, and is…

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Featherbed Lane, CR0

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Place Name The road is not named after a particularly comfortable place to stay, rather it is a reference to…

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Dunsfold Way, CR0

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Place Name Originally called Castle Hill Crescent when it was first laid out in the 1930s on land which was…

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Davidson Road, CR0

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Place Name Randall Thomas Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, (April 7, 1848 – May 25, 1930) served as Archbishop…

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Crusader Gardens, CR0

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Place Name A throwback to the medieval crop that grew here, saffron (Crocus Sativus), which was used for dyeing and…

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Charles Cobb Gardens, CR0

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Place Name Named after Charles John Cobb, tea merchant’s clerk, who was a conscientious objector during the First World War.…

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Canning Road, CR0

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Place Name One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British…

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Burgos Close, CR0

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Place Name Named after long-serving Labour councillor Vit Burgos who served in the Waddon ward throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Among…

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Blackhorse Lane, CR0

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Place Name Named after the Black Horse Inn which stood on the junction of Blackhorse Lane and Lower Addiscombe Road…

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Bishops Walk, CR0

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Place Name A reference to the Archbishops of Canterbury who for over 500 years from at least the late Saxon…

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