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  London Borough of Croydon - ROFLPedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The London Borough of Croydon was fomed in 1965 from Coulsdon and Purley Urban District and the County Borough of Croydon.
Croydon Council is responsible for the administratiopn of Croydon.
The Mayor of Croydon for 2006-07 is Councillor Janet Marshall.
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 Croydon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Croydon, England is a major suburban town and commercial centre 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of Charing Cross and the principal town in the London Borough of Croydon.
In 1965 the County Borough of Croydon was abolished and its former area was transferred to Greater London and combined with that of the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District to form the present-day London Borough of Croydon.
Croydon Clocktower, built by the London Borough of Croydon in the mid-1990s, houses a state-of-the-art library, the David Lean cinema, a performance venue in the old reference library and the town museum.
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 Croydon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Croydon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The manor of Croydon was given by William (I) the Conqueror to Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury, and he and subsequent archbishops had their palace here until 1758.
Croydon parish church was rebuilt in 1867 by George Gilbert Scott on the original 15th-century plan; six archbishops are buried here.
Croydon suffered severe bomb damage during World War II, and was subsequently redeveloped with many new houses, a large town centre, and a greatly extended shopping area.
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 London Borough of Croydon - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Croydon Canal ran for 9½ miles from what is now West Croydon railway station north along the course of the present railway line to New Cross Gate, where it joined the Surrey canal and went on into the Thames.
Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft – (1907-1991), was born in Croydon and lived in George Street as a child.
Supermodel Kate Moss was born in Croydon on 16 January 1974.
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 Croydon - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Croydon, Greater London is a major urban town and commercial centre 9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Croydon, Greater London is a major urban town and commercial centre 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of Charing Cross and the principal town in the London Borough of Croydon.
Croydon is also home to the BRIT School for performing arts and technology, based in Selhurst.
Croydon Airport on Purley Way used to be the main international airport for London before it was superseded by London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport.
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 London Borough of Croydon - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in South ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Croydon is a very multicultural London borough, one of the most multicultural areas in croydon is thornton heath.
Croydon is the most populous borough in london with a lot of traffic.
Croydon Council is responsible for the administration of Croydon.
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 More-e Croydon at Local.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Croydon Crusaders meets on term time Tuesdays at East Croydon URC from 7 30 to...
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 Broad Green House Croydon resources, guides, and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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.[1] This rapid expansion of the town led to considerable health problems, especially in the damp and overcrowded working class district of the Old Town.
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 Croydon Disambiguation | Croydon Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Croydon | www.unlimitedseek.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One theory is that the name of Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon croh, meaning " crocus " and denu ' valley ', indicating that, like Saffron Walden in Essex, it was a...
For other places called Croydon see Croydon (disambiguation) For details of the town of Croydon on which this borough is centred see Croydon...
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 Purley, London
Since the north of Croydon tends to return a majority of Labour Party councillors who form a majority on the Council — although Croydon Central has in the 2005 General Elections also returned a Conservative MP by the narrowest of margins of 75 votes — the two halves of the borough are often at loggerheads.
Purley Cross roundabout connects routes leading east to East Grinstead and Eastbourne (the A22), west to Epsom and Kingston, south to Redhill and Brighton (the A23), and north to Croydon and London.
The A23 north from Purley forms the Purley Way, which leads to Croydon's trading and industrial hinterland and also to the former Croydon Airport, the predecessor of the present London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport.
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 Croydon Heat Sink
Heat sink - A heat sink is an environment or object that absorbs and dissipates heat from another object using thermal contact (in either direct or radiant contact).
Heat sink (disambiguation) - A heat sink is
Heat engine - In engineering and thermodynamics, a heat engine performs the conversion of heat energy to mechanical work by exploiting the temperature gradient between a hot "source" and a cold "sink".
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 Home Office Croydon
From 1978 to 2004, the Home Office was located in a Brutalist concrete tower block in Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster, by St. James's Park tube station, although many functions were devolved to offices in other parts of London and the country.
Notably, the offices of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are in Lunar House, Croydon.
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The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement of the Falklands War as part of a series of battles that took place during the advance towards Stanley.
For other places called Croydon see Croydon (disambiguation) For details of the town of Croydon on which this borough is centered see Croydon London Borough of Croydon Shown within Greater London Geography Status London borough Area— Total Ranked 256th86.52 km² ONS code 00AH Demographics Population— Total (2004 est.)— Density Ranked 9th (of 354)340,2003,932...
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 Shirley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shirley is the name of several places in the United States of America:Shirley, Massachusetts[?]Shirley, New Yorkand one in England:Shirley, London, England[?] in the London Borough of Croydon.
Shirley, London, England[?] in the London Borough of Croydon.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 Croydon Park Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
For other Croydons see Croydon(disambiguation) London Borough of Croydon Shown within Greater London Geography Status: London borough Area : - Total Ranked 256th 86.52 km² ONS code : 00AH Demographics Population : - Total (2002 est.) - Density Ranked 9th 336,583 3,890 / km² Ethnicity: 70.2% White 11.3% S.Asian 13.3% Afro-Carib.
In 1965 it became the London Borough of Croydon, annexing the former Coulsdon and Purley UrbanDistrict.
The name of Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon croeas deanas, meaning "the valley of the crocuses ", indicating that, like Saffron Walden in Essex, it was a centre for the collection of saffron.
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 Wikipedia:WikiProject London
These should be cross-linked into the other London articles.
Places: as [[Soho, London]] with a redirect from [[Soho]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one place or thing with this name.
Croydon Tramlink stations: as [[East Croydon Tram station]]
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 Airline :: Web Articles ::
Passenger service during the early 1920s was sporadic at best: most airlines at the time were focused on carrying bags of mail.
Trains ran from here to flying boats in Southampton, and to Croydon AirportThe first countries in Europe to embrace air transport were France, Germany and the Netherlands.
France began an air mail service to Morocco in 1919 that was bought out in 1927, renamed Aéropostale, and injected with capital to become a major international carrier.
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 Qwika - similar:List_of_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom
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The Old Palace School is an independent girls' school in Croydon, England, founded in 1889.
The "Old Palace" itself was for 500 years the summer residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.In the 19th century the Archbishops ended their residence at Croydon Palace and used Addington Palace, also in Croydon as their local resting place.
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 Surrey - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Reforms in local government in 1965 further changed the borders of the county.
The area that now forms the London Boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Sutton and that part of Richmond south of the River Thames were made part of Greater London and the area that is now Spelthorne was acquired from Middlesex.
The 1974 local government reforms caused Gatwick Airport and some surrounding land to be transferred to West Sussex.
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He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and met Dennis while at Cambridge University.
Saturday Night Live During SNL's 30th season celebration in 2005, the program introduced an opening title card and several commercial bumpers that highlight the downtown riches of New York City's most acclaimed buildings, located from the stages of NBC studios at Rockefeller Center to Times Square behind the logo's le...
For other people with the same name, see Chevy Chase (disambiguation) Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer and television and film actor from Woodstock, New York.
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 Tram - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the UK, tram systems were widely dismantled in the 1950s, and after the closure of Glasgow's extensive network in 1962 only Blackpool's survived (see Blackpool tramway), although a funicular line continued to operate up the Great Orme in Llandudno.
However in recent years new light rail lines have been opened in Manchester (Metrolink), Sheffield (Supertram), the West Midlands (Midland Metro), Croydon (Tramlink) and Nottingham (NET), with several others under consideration (including the proposed three-line Edinburgh Tram Network) and extensions planned for many existing systems.
The Irish capital Dublin recently opened the first two lines of a new tram system known as Luas, the Irish-language word for "speed".
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 Croydon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One theory is that the name of Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon croh, meaning "crocus" and denu 'valley', indicating that, like Saffron Walden in Essex, it was a centre for the collection of saffron.
[edit] Croydon Parish Church, St John the Baptist
The town centre is home to Europe's largest second hand record store, Beanos, offering rare vinyl, cd's and books.
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 TRAM : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
For other uses of trolley see Trolley (disambiguation).
In the UK, tram systems were widely dismantled in the 1950s, only Blackpool's survived (see Blackpool tramway).
However in recent years new light rail lines have been opened (for example the Croydon Tramlink, Manchester Metrolink and Sheffield Supertram), with several others under consideration and extensions planned for many existing systems.
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 Croydon Greater London England CR1 UK
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