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Addiscombe
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| London borough | Croydon |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CROYDON |
| Postcode district | CR0 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | Croydon Central |
| London Assembly | Croydon and Sutton |
| European Parliament | London |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Addiscombe is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It is situated just to the northeast of central Croydon, and is home to a high proportion of people who commute to Central London, owing to its proximity to the busy East Croydon railway station and Tramlink, linking Addiscombe with other parts of Croydon and Wimbledon, as well as extensive bus routes into Central Croydon and surrounding areas.
There are several local schools, including the Trinity School of John Whitgift, Tenison's School, Ashburton Community School and [Oval Road Primary.] http://www.oval.croydon.sch.uk/
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Three hundred years ago, Addiscombe was a rural area. Its main industries were farming and brick-making. Clay deposits at Woodside provided the raw materials for the latter.
In 1702, 'Addiscombe Place' was built to Vanbrugh's design. He was best known for Blenheim Palace and was a prime exponent of the English Baroque style. The house was built in 1702, on a site known now as the corner of Outram Road and Mulberry Lane. The house replaced a fine Elizabethan mansion.
Sir John Evelyn recorded in his diary 'I went to Adscomb on 11 July 1703 to see my son-in-law’s new house. It has excellent brickwork and Portland stone features, that I pronounced it good solid architecture, and one of the very best gentlemen's houses in Surrey.' Distinguished guests that stayed at the mansion include George III, William Pitt and Peter the Great of Russia. Peter the Great was reputed to have planted a cedar tree in Mulberry Lane to record his visit.
This was one of three great houses, which once stood in the area, the others being 'Ashburton House' and 'Stroud Green House'.
In 1809, Emelius Ratcliffe sold Addiscombe Place to the British East India Company, whereupon it became a Military Seminary - the Addiscombe Military Academy. The company dealt in the importation of tea, coffee, silk, cotton and spices. The company maintained its own private army.The officers of this army were trained at Addiscombe, before setting off for India. In 1858, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also called the First War of Indian Independence and best known as the Indian Mutiny), the British East India Company ceased to be.
The college closed in 1861 and was sold to developers in 1863, for £33,600. They, regrettably, razed it to the ground with dynamite. All that is left are the two buildings, 'Ashleigh' and 'India', on the corner of Clyde Road/Addiscombe Road and the former gymnasium on Havelock Road, now private apartments. Five parallel roads were laid out, south of the former college site. These being Outram, Havelock, Elgin, Clyde and Canning Roads. They were all named after individuals who were prominent in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, who, interestingly enough, were not actually college alumni.
Some long standing eating and drinking establishments in Addiscombe include the Builders Arms, a pub owned by Fullers brewery, and the Banana Leaf, a South Indian(Goa)restaurant. There is also the independent Claret Free House, near Addiscombe tram stop.Next door is the "Welcome Friends" Chinese restaurant where takeaways and seated meals are available. There are two fish and chip restaurants of mediocre quality and a number of cafes. Most of the cafes are of the "greasy spoon" type. There are two further Indian restaurants on Lower Addiscombe Road and an Italian Restaurant.
Unfortunately a number of establishments in Addiscombe have recently been named as amongst the 67 dirtiest in the borough, scoring nil points for hygiene following council inspections.
Since early 2006, several parts of Addiscombe have been in the process of extensive regeneration, notably the addition of housing to the site of the former Black Horse Pub, which is thought to be the oldest site of a pub in the borough and the demolition of church buildings on Bingham Road in order to renovate the church halls and provide luxury retirement apartments. The demolition of the old Bingham Road railway station several years ago was to make way for the new tramlink line.The station achieved fame in the opening scenes of the Tony Hancock film "The Rebel" made in 1960. The addition of Addiscombe Linear Park along the disused railway line between Blackhorse Lane tram stop, Morland Road and Lower Addiscombe Road will further regenerate the area.
D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) Author lived at 12 Colworth Road, Addiscombe 1908-1912 and was a teacher at Davidson Road School for some time.
In 1974, supermodel Kate Moss was born in Addiscombe.
Ethel Le Neve mistress to Dr Crippen lived out her days in Addiscombe
Paul Nihill was Addiscombe and Croydon's first ever Olympic medallist. In 1964 he won a silver medal in Tokyo for the 50km walk.
- Addiscombe Hockey Club, Field Hockey Club based in Addiscombe
- Addiscombe Cricket Club est. 1866
- Addiscombe Cycling Club est. 1929
- East Croydon station
- Lebanon Road tram stop
- Sandilands tram stop
- Addiscombe tram stop
- Blackhorse Lane tram stop
Addiscombe railway station - about 500 metres west of Addiscombe's main parade and the present tram station - was demolished following the withdrawal of services from Elmers End. In the section between Woodside and Addiscombe railway station, part has been prepared for a "linear park" and part redeveloped for housing as East India Way.
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