One Croydon past & future
A brief webpage has been published about the history of One Croydon, including a link to an article from The Arup Journal detailing its construction. The Architects Journal has published […]
Category Archives: History
“Overhill in Warlingham: the land, the house and its residents” talk 7.45 Wednesday, 25 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs
Talk by Carole Roberts and Phil Swallow. This story of the former house in Warlingham called Overhill covers the land on which it stood, from its time as part of […]
Architect’s tour of Croydon Clocktower 2pm Saturday 21 September @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon
Croydon’s first central library was moved to the Clocktower buildings when they first opened in May 1896. It was one of the first public libraries with open access shelves and […]
The International Language Club, East Croydon 1938-1966, in memory of Sean Creighton @CroydonLibs @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon
In the 1950s, the International Language Club occupied over 30 houses in the area between Addiscombe Road and Fairfield Road, only to leave hastily in suspicious circumstances in 1966. Read […]
East Croydon History Walk 2pm Saturday, 14 September starting at The Cricketers, 107 Addiscombe Road @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs
FREE local history walk around the ECCO area (though donations welcome towards ECCO running costs). From The Cricketers to Lower Addiscombe Road, down Cross Road to One Croydon, then back […]
“Pictures from the Howard Clements Collection part 1” talk 7.30 pm Tuesday, 10 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @RailwayCorresp1 @Watercress_line
Bryan Cross comes to present a selection of monochrome images, all scanned directly from the Harold Clements collection of original Lantern slides, Glass plates and large format negatives. These were […]
Croydon Minster history talks & tours Friday 20 – Sunday 22 September, Church Street @croydonminster @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon
Many of the actives will be presented by David Morgan, the Minster’s Education Officer. More information https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/8724 David also writes regular articles about the history of Croydon for Inside Croydon. […]
“Continental Drift” talk 7.45pm Monday 2 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, 86 Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs
Martin Eales will explore the early ideas and evidence for the concepts of continental drift leading to the paradigm of plate tectonics. Early cartographers recognised that the continents across the […]
The Twentieth Century Society applies to Heritage England to list One Croydon
More Information https://c20society.org.uk/news/second-time-around-new-listing-bid-for-croydons-50p-tower Listing provides some protection to future alterations to the buildings accorded that status. Croydon buildings listed by Heritage England, including The Leslie Arms https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?search=Croydon&searchType=NHLE+Simple
East Croydon History Walk 2pm Saturday, 14 September starting at The Cricketers, 107 Addiscombe Road
Historic walking tour of East Croydon led by a native. Those who come along are welcome to contribute their memories. Marvel at one of the oldest electricity sub-stations in Croydon. […]
