Croydon

Administration
Status:	Local board of health (until 1883) Municipal borough (1883 – 1889) County borough (after 1889)
HQ:	Croydon
History
Created:	1849
Abolished:	1965
Succeeded by:	London Borough of Croydon
Area
1883:	9,901 acres
1965:	12,672 acres
Population
1901:	133,895
1965:	252,501

Croydon was a local government district in north east Surrey from 1849 to 1965. Image File history File links Croydon_cb_arms. ... Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in southern England, and is also an area of Greater London, being the main settlement in the London Borough of Croydon. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ...

History

A local board of health was formed for the parish of Croydon St John the Baptist in 1849. The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883 and became an autonomous county borough in 1889. Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1894 to 1915 it was surrounded by Croydon Rural District to the south, east and west; with the County of London to the north. In 1915 the county borough was extended, taking in the parish of Addington and some other parts of the rural district, which was abolished. Croydon Rural District was a rural district in north east Surrey from 1894 to 1915. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Addington is a village in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. ...

The borough ran its own tram services until they became the responsibility of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. The borough ran its own fire brigade which was absorbed into the London Fire Brigade in 1965. A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... The transport of London has, since 1933, been under a single control with various names. ... The London Fire Brigade (LFB) provides fire fighting and rescue services in London, UK. It is the third largest fire department in the world with nearly 7000 staff. ...

In 1954 Croydon Corporation unsuccessfully petitioned the Queen for the grant of city status. At the time, Croydon was the only county borough with a population in excess of 200,000 not be a city.^[1] Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cathedral city redirects here. ...

In 1965 the county borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London to be combined with that of Coulsdon and Purley Urban District to form the present-day London Borough of Croydon. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Coulsdon and Purley Urban District was a local government district of Surrey from 1915 to 1965. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Corporation

As of 1911 the corporation consisted of a mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors and the borough had an area of 9,012 acres ^[2]. On the enlargement of the county borough the number of aldermen were increased to 18 and councillors to 54, with 18 wards as follows: 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

• Addington
• Addiscombe
• Bensham Manor
• Broad Green
• Central
• East
• Norbury
• North
• Shirley
• South
• South Norwood
• Thornton Heath
• Upper Norwood
• Waddon
• West
• West Thornton
• Woodside
• Whitehorse Manor^[3]

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Politics

From its incorporation the borough was controlled by parties allied to the conservatives, known as the Coalition Party or Ratepayers Association. Eventually control passed to the official Conservative party. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ...

Croydon was constituted a constituency, identical with the then borough boundaries in 1885. In 1918 the borough was divided into North and South constituencies. For the general election of 1950 Croydon's representation increased to three seats: North, East and West. In 1955 the boundaries for the three Croydon constituencies were altered to become North East, North West and South. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Croydon South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Croydon East was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Croydon West was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Croydon North East was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Croydon North West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Croydon South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Coat of arms

The borough was granted a coat of arms on October 16, 1886 by the College of Arms. The style was typical of grants to boroughs by Albert Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, with its quartered shield and complicated design. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The Colleges own coat of arms was granted in 1484. ... Sir Albert Woods (April 16, 1816 - January 7, 1904), English herald, son of Sir William Woods, Garter king-of-arms from 1838 to his death in 1842. ... Garter Principal King of Arms is the senior King of Arms, and the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms. ...

Most of the emblems on the shield were related to the Archbishops of Canterbury who had a palace in Croydon. The three choughs are associated with Thomas a Becket, and appear in the arms of the city of Canterbury, the cross crosslets came from the arms of the Diocese of Canterbury and the flory cross bearing three gold disc was taken from the arms of archbishop John Whitgift. In the fourth quarter was an emabattled fesse, to represent a town wall, and thus municipal government. Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Binomial name Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) The Red-billed Chough, or just Chough (pronounced ), Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax is a member of the crow family, Corvidae. ... Saint Thomas à Becket (or Thomas Becket) (ca. ... Statistics Population: 42,258 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TR145575 Administration District: City of Canterbury Shire county: Kent Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Kent Historic county: Kent Services Police force: Kent Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and... Arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop of the state Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion, outranking the other English archbishop, the Archbishop of York. ... John Whitgift (c. ...

The crest on top of the helm featured a grassy mound and heraldic fountain for Croydon Bourne. On either side was a sprig of rye-grass for the irrigation meadows of Beddington Sewage Farm. The crest also contained a gold crozier, another reference to the archbishops, and a crossed sword and tilting spear for Royal Military College of the British East India Company which had formerly stood at Addiscombe. The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was one of the first joint-stock company (preceded only by the Dutch East India Company) which was granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intention of favouring trade privileges in India. ...

The Latin motto was Sanitate Crescimus or May we grow in health.^[4] Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

External links

• Croydon MB/CB
• List of Mayors of Croydon

References

1. ^ Claim for city status, The Times, March 1, 1954
2. ^ 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica at Love to Know
3. ^ F R Youngs Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol 1, London 1979
4. ^ C W Scott-Giles, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd Edition, London, 1953

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