There were 4 mediaeval manorial boundary crosses in Croydon: Hand Cross, Hern or Hurn Cross, Stay or Stake Cross, and one of unknown name. They marking out one hundred acres of the old town of Croydon, an area within which the inhabitants enjoyed manorial privileges. Two were believed to have been located in elm trees. They had all disappeared by the late 1600s.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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boundary crosses of old Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hand Cross Near here once stood one of the four ma...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hern or Hurn Cross Near here once stood one of the...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Stay or Stake Cross Near here once stood one of th...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Manorial Cross Near here once stood one of the fou...
Active in 1953. Initiated by Richard Hughes and also known as the Baritsu Chapter.
In their July 2012 newsletter the Friern Barnet and Whetstone Residents’ Association report "WE sadly have to report that our companion organisation “The Whetstone Society” has closed. The chairman...
First mentioned in 1842. It occupies the site of the former Christopher Inn. On its northern side it still retains the red brick fronts of several 18th century houses. It has since returned to its ...
Naval cadet from the training ship Arethusa, aged 14. Drowned in the tragedy at Leysdown. He was assisting the scouts at the time.
Formed in New York City by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others. The society's initial objective was the study of Occultism, the Cabala and Eastern religions...
Daughter of Doctor Alfred and Ada Salter. She contracted a virulent form of scarlet fever and died at the age of eight.
Branch of the Co-op supermarkets, first built in 1912.
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospit...
The Post Office relocated the Western Postal District war memorial in 2013 as they had closed down the Rathbone Place premises. The memo...
Founded by the four Fabians: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw.
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