Tag Archives: Tudors

Halloween tales: discovering Croydon’s most haunted places

Posted on October 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

From ‘The Green Lady’ of Old Palace, to highwayman Dick Turpin’s connection to a (now closed) Thornton Heath pub, to the nun and pilot who haunt the streets around the old aerodrome, there’s plenty of ghost stories to send a … Continue reading →

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On Croydon’s Tudor trail to track down the court of Henry VIII

Posted on November 28, 2021 by insidecroydon

MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: The lost brasses of what used to be known as the Croydon Parish Church provided rich accounts of the town’s important role in English history, writes DAVID MORGAN Entrepreneurs really have missed a trick in Croydon. … Continue reading →

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