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How a rural market town was transformed in Victorian age

Posted on December 8, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon might be undergoing drastic changes in the next few years, but they are nothing to the transformation which happened in the mid 19th century. In an extract from his book, historian JOHN GENT charts how Croydon was shaped in … Continue reading →

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