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	Croydon Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Croydon Canal ran 9.5 miles (15 km) from Croydon via Forest Hill to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross in south London.
		The Croydon Canal linked to the Croydon Merstham and Godstone Railway (itself connected to the Surrey Iron Railway), enabling the canal to be used to transport stone and lime from workings at Merstham.
		The canal was originally planned with two inclined planes but in the end 28 locks, arranged in two flights, were used instead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croydon_Canal (293 words)

	Croydon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croydon is a major suburban town and commercial centre situated 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croydon (2199 words)

	Wikinfo \| Croydon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation.
		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, where it joined, the Surrey canal and went on into the Thames.
		Comedian Roy Hudd was born in Croydon in 1936.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Croydon (1684 words)

	London Borough of Croydon - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1965 it became the London Borough of Croydon, annexing the former Coulsdon and Purley Urban District.
		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.
		Croydon Clocktower, built by Croydon Council in the mid-1990s, houses a state-of-the-art library, the David Lean cinema, a perfomance venue in the old reference library and the town museum.
	www.unipedia.info /Croydon.html (2959 words)

	West Croydon station - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It is in the London Borough of Croydon and Travelcard Zone 5.
		The canal was drained and became part of the route of the London and Croydon Railway, with the West Croydon line opening on June 5 1839.
		The canal basin was also served by a short private branch from the terminus of the Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) at Pitlake and from 1855 the station served as the terminus of the West Croydon to Wimbledon line which followed much of the route of the SIR.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/West_Croydon_railway_station (473 words)

	London Borough of Croydon \| Central Croydon History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croydon had always been an significant halt on the road south of London, and its role as a coaching town increased after Brighton developed as a fashionable resort in the 1780s.
		The Croydon Corporation Act was passed in 1956; and this led to the building of new offices in the late 1950s at precisely the time that the Government was beginning to encourage businesses to move out of central London.
		Croydon, with its excellent rail links, was an ideal site for relocation; and the town boomed as an important business centre in the 1960s, with an increasing number of office blocks being built (especially in the area between Wellesley Road and East Croydon Station).
	www.croydon.gov.uk /leisure/artsentertainmentculture/culture/localhistoryheritage/historicalsites/centralcroydonhistory?a=5441 (897 words)

	History by Waterway from Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The whole of the rest of the canal, except for half a mile, was abandoned in 1944 and the final stretch to Langley Mill in 1962.
		The canal itself was to be 66 feet wide at the surface, 30 feet at the bottom and 12 feet deep.
		The dimensions of the canal were to vary according to the ground conditions the width varying from 48 to 84 feet at the surface, 25 to 48 feet at the bottom and the depth from 13 to 14 feet.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History7.html (2660 words)

	Croydon Borough Police \| History of South Norwood
		One of the two reservoirs needed to keep the canal supplied with water was built in the area, which today is known as Norwood Lakes.
		Police Order, 24 February 1921 with the formation of "Z" or Croydon Division and the revision of boundaries of divisions South of the River Thames on 28 February 1921, South Norwood was one of the stations transferred from "W", or Brixton Division to the new "Z" Division.
		The County Borough of Croydon was informed of the Receiver's intention to purchase the above property for the purpose of erecting a new police station.
	www.met.police.uk /croydon/history.htm (1510 words)

	Christmas book review CNHSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croydon had the first 'public railway' in the world and was the first town in the UK to be served by both canal and railway.
		Croydon is one of four places where atmospheric traction was used, and had the world's first railway flyover.
		Croydon Airport was virtually the birthplace of civil aviation.
	www.croydonsociety.org.uk /Focus/2001Autumn/An_ideal_Christmas.html (194 words)

	Canal Guides - Remnants of the Croydon Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This view is looking north east, and the canal's western boundary was where the line of trees are on the left hand side of the picture.
		This Croydon Tram stands on an area that was part of the terminal basin.
		The trackless platform in the foreground was once the bay for the West Croydon to Wimbledon line, until it was replaced by the Tramlink service.
	www.rmf.freeuk.com /canals/croydon/wcroydon.html (434 words)

	Penge
		Development began after the common was enclosed and plots sold off for building in 1827, Croydon and Anerley Roads being laid out at the same time.
		The short lived tea gardens (1841-68) were a popular attraction next to the station and on the banks of one of the remaining sections of the canal until killed by the rival attractions of the Crystal Palace.
		By 1900 Penge was in reality a suburb of London but administratively it was a mess having connections with Lewisham, Croydon and Camberwell and the newly created London County Council.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /bromley/penge.htm (572 words)

	Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croydon Station (renamed Croydon Town (1847), and has been West Croydon since 1851) was Croydon’s first passenger station, opened 1839 as the terminus of the London and Croydon Railway.
		TAMWORTH ROAD: is approximately the alignment of the Croydon Canal Company’s tramway to Pitlake.
		The Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society's industrial studies section is currently working on a guide to the industrial and transport history of Croydon, to be published in 2002 by the Surrey Industrial History group and/or GLIAS.
	www.glias.org.uk /news/195news.html (4987 words)

	Croydon
		West Croydon Station has been a station site since 1839 when the London and Croydon Railway opened on the route previously followed by the Croydon Canal and includes the site of the Croydon Canal Basin.
		West Croydon was also the site of the Atmospheric Engine House (for an experimental form of railway) which was re-located and will be seen later.
		Adjoining is the former Corn Exchange with a statue of Croydon's benefactor Archbishop Whitgift on its stairs.
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkcroydonroute.htm (1126 words)

	Croydon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The archbishops used the manor house as an occasional place of residence and would continue to have important links as Lords of the manor and then as local patrons right up to the present day.
		The rapid expansion of the town brought about by the railways in the 19th century led to considerable health problems, especially in the damp and overcrowded working class district of the Old Town.
		New stores opened and expanded in central Croydon, including Allders, Kennards and Grants, and one of the first Sainsbury's shops.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Croydon.htm (2076 words)

	Chichester Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A proposed barge canal from The Chester Canal at Nantwich to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Burton on Trent.
		A 14 mile 5 furlong canal that ran from the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill to Cromford with a branch to Pixton.
		The original idea was for a canal from the Tyne near Gateshead to the navigable part of the River Wear leading to Sunderland with a further canal to Durham.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Chichester-Canal.html (1705 words)

	Croyweb Croydon Local History
		Croydon carried on through the ages as a prosperous market town, they produced charcoal, tanned leather, and got into brewing.
		Croydon saw the first railway (horse drawn) in the world in 1803, and later became a vital link in the London to Brighton rail link in the mid-1800s, helping Croydon to become the largest town in Surrey, which it remains to this day, (not Guildford).
		Not in Croydon, we don't have the underground yet, but irresistibly fascinating photos and reports on parts of London's tube that would otherwise be forgotten....
	www.croyweb.com /Basic/history.htm (665 words)

	Focus 1999 Autumn
		Members of the Croydon Society will have taken part in the public protest which secured the preservation of the Clock Faces when the Gillett and Johnston factory in Thornton Heath was demolished and replaced by a mixed development including storage and housing.
		Croydon is in fact a success story and it is right that time should be taken to keep it successful as all around us systems and modes of living change.
		Croydon Council is doing this in response to the 1998 Government White Paper on The Future of Transport and its report on “Breaking the Logjam” in December 1998.
	www.croydonsociety.org.uk /Focus/1999Autumn/Focus1999Autumn.html (8822 words)

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		Canals that are suitable for the narrow boat, the Dutch barge, wide-beam short-boat, tub-boat etc. all have their supporters among the owners of such craft.
		Eventually there will be so many new canals that everyone can have their own personal waterway built to their own personal size.
		For starters, just in case the extra boat licence money is inadequate to pay for the new canals, they're much more likely to attract funding from elsewhere if they have a flashy-looking boat lift rather than a boring flight of locks.
	www.mike-stevens.co.uk /cutmisc/humour/reglinks.htm (1065 words)

	Croydon Dentist Norbury Cosmetic Dentist Croydon Dental Implants
		This sounds logical as most root canal sealants are zinc oxide/eugenol-based as is most of the gutta-percha point (65-70% is zinc oxide, waxes and resins).
		The canal is prepared using a preferred technique ensuring that there is enough coronal flare so as not to bind GP points or other instruments.
		The canal, having been dried thoroughly, is coated with sealant using a small file or spiral filler if preferred.
	www.mkvasant.co.uk /publication7.html (1152 words)

	This is Local London \| CommuniGate \| History
		The result was a canal designed in 1800 by John Rennie and running from the Surrey Canal at Hatcham through New Cross, Deptford, Brockley, Sydenham, Penge, Anerley, Norwood, and Selhurst, to terminate at North End, Croydon.
		The canal was opened with much pomp by the Lord Mayor of London on 23rd October 1809, but the rise of the railways made it uneconomic and on 22nd August 1836 the canal company sold out to the London and Croydon Railway Company.
		As well as its commercial use, the pleasant view of the canal formed a tourist attraction, and Anerley Hotel and Pleasure Gardens were opened along its banks in the area which is now bordered by Ridsdale Road, Trenholme Close, and the railway line.
	www.communigate.co.uk /london/pengeforum/page8.phtml (879 words)

	Norwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1797 under the Vagrancy Act the police raided the encampment but it was not until the passing of the Croydon and Lambeth Enclosure Acts at the beginning of the 19th century that the community of gipsies was dispersed, many of them intermarrying with local people.
		This area to the north of Croydon was London’s main source of fuel in the days before coal.
		Another factor was the growth of Croydon and the consequent development of communications with London.
	www.met.police.uk /lambeth/lambeth-borough/norwood.htm (1573 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway
		The Wandsworth to Croydon stretch remained open until 1846, and part of this route was later used by the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway in 1855.
		At Pitlake there was an end-on connection with the Croydon Merstham and Godstone Railway, and near what is now Reeves Corner there was a triangular junction with a short branch to the Croydon Canal, at what is now West Croydon station.
		After the Croydon Canal closed, much of the route of the canal was used for the West Croydon to London Bridge railway line.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /paulb143/sir.htm (1110 words)

	Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - London and Londoners in the Eighteen-Fifties and ...
		At the point where the main canal to Croydon used to take off, a short dock-like spur some two hundred yards long was retained for the purpose of exchanging traffic with the railway.
		An ice-well which stood on the canal side at the bottom of Coburg Road was likewise kept supplied with its frigid content by barge.
		There were freshwater mussels in the canal reputed to occasionally contain pearls of lustre and price, for which in summer vulgar boys dived; and the waters must have been passably stagnant, for weed grew and water-snails of at least two very diverse species flourished in the more- sheltered recesses.
	www.victorianlondon.org /publications5/londoners-09.htm (2114 words)

	Pelobates - Issue 35 - Surrey Railways - Croydon Caving Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Surrey Iron Railway; The Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway; The Croydon Canal; and London Bridge
		The use of Surrey’s pioneer railways for transporting stone from Merstham to Wandsworth in connection with the rebuilding of London Bridge in 1825-31 has been queried (1).
		The stone raised with the assistance of the steam engine was "carried by rail road to the Croydon Canal".
	www.croydoncavingclub.org.uk /Archive/Pelobates/035/Railway.htm (621 words)

	The Croydon Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Croydon Canal opened on 22nd October 1809 and ran from a junction with the Grand Surrey Canal near new Cross Gate to a basin which was situated on a site now occupied by West Croydon station and an adjoining bus station.
		The proprietors realised that the coming of the railways was an opportunity not to be missed, and they sold the canal for use as the course of a railway.
		Today if you take the stopping train from London Bridge to West Croydon you will follow the route, for much of the way, of the Croydon Canal.
	www.canalmuseum.org.uk /history/croydon.htm (165 words)

	London Borough of Croydon \| Archaeology in Croydon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croydon has a particularly rich archaeological heritage which spans the history of human occupation of the
		Croydon was on the route of a Roman road from
		Archaeological remains are the main surviving evidence of Croydon’s past.
	www.croydon.gov.uk /environment/dcande/Conservation/archaeology?a=5441 (312 words)

	Sydenham Pubs - The Greyhound
		Trade at the Greyhound Inn was boosted with the building of the Croydon Canal, which operated between 1807 and 1836.
		The canal connected Croydon with the Thames and followed roughly the line of the present railway track from New Cross Gate to Sydenham and beyond.
		Certainly in 1807 the inn had a boat and boat-house, as the landlord was accused of not allowing the boat to be used to rescue a man who had fallen into the canal reservoir and drowned.
	www.sydenham.org.uk /pubs_greyhound.html (1015 words)

	Forest Hill - Serving the community of London SE23
		Forest Hill is situated in South East London between Dulwich and Brockley in the north and Sydenham and Catford to the south and lies within the Borough of Lewisham.
		The Croydon Canal opened in 1809 causing Forest Hill to emerge and become the cosmopolitan suburb it is today.
		The canal failed and was converted in 1839 to the railway which today brings Forest Hill within 15 minutes of central London.
	foresthill.org.uk (301 words)

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