Tag Archives: Whitgift Almshouses

Enter the Almshouses and travel back in time four centuries

Posted on April 20, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There will be an opportunity later this year to take a sneak peak back in time, to 400 years ago. DAVID MORGAN recently visited one of Croydon’s oldest buildings, that trace their history back to the time of … Continue reading →

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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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London is opening its doors… just not so much in Croydon

Posted on August 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

The programme for the 2023 Open House London has been released this week. And this year, with Croydon being London’s Borough of Culture, there’s just nine events or buildings, public and private, in the borough listed as being open for … Continue reading →

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Explore Croydon’s history on Open House London weekend

Posted on August 28, 2017 by insidecroydon

One of the real cutlural jewels in Croydon’s crown, the Whitgift Almshouses and the Old Palace, will be throwing open their doors next month as part of Open House London weekend, which this year is on September 16-17. The Whitgift … Continue reading →

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