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Norwood in Surrey County England History and GeographyNORWOOD, a district partly in the parish of LAMBETH, eastern division of the hundred of BRIXTON, partly in that of BATTERSEA, western division of the same hundred, and partly in that of CROYDON, first division of the hundred of WALLINGTON, county of SURREY, 6½ miles (S.) from London. The population is returned with the respective parishes. The village derives its name from an adjacent wood, which borders on a common formerly a noted resort for numerous camps of gypsies. Its elevated situation, the beauty of the surrounding scenery, and the salubrity of the atmosphere, have of late years caused the erection of many elegant seats in the vicinity. The only manufactory is a pottery, where coarse earthenware is made. Norwood is within the limits of the new police act. There are two new churches in this district. The church dedicated to St. Luke, in the parish of Lambeth, is a large and handsome edifice in the Grecian style, with a Corinthian portico, and a steeple tower, containing one thousand four hundred and twelve sittings, of which six hundred and eighty-eight are free: it was commenced in 1823, and completed in 1825, at an expense of £12,897. 13. 10., of which the commissioners gave one moiety, and lent without interest the other, together with the sum of £49. 6. 9. for extra expenses; they lent on interest the further sum of £4325. 6. 11., expended in making a cemetery, furnishing the church, &c. The living is a district incumbency, in the patronage of the Rector of Lambeth. The church situated at Beaulieu Hill, in the parish of Croydon, is in the English style of architecture, with four turrets, containing one thousand and five sittings, of which six hundred and thirty-two are free: it was completed in 1829, by a grant of £3000 from the commissioners. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Croydon. There is a place of worship for Independents. A school of industry for poor children of the parish of Lambeth has been founded here; also a charity school for the instruction of children of both sexes. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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