C O N T E N T S . PAG E INTRODUCTORY P I — G CHA TER . EOLOGY II — C N . PREHISTORI CROYDO — N IN M III . CROYDO THE TI E THE RoMANs IV — S X N N . A O CROYDO V — THE OLD CHURCH . VI — . PARISH REGISTER VIL— D OMESDAY BOOK V — F N U C III . SITE O CROYDO CH R H PALACE 7 1 - 74 IX —THE A C P C P C . R HIE IS O AL PALA E AT CROYDON X — L OF M N . ORDS THE A OR XL— M ANORIAL XII - . ANCIENT DESCRIPTION AND CHRONOLOGY X - T P III . PAST O OGRAPHY XIV — M C N U . IS ELLA EO S XV — M N D . ODER EVELOPMENT INTRODUOTORY. HAVING lived for many years amid the lovely scenery of Cr n and n n n n r oydo , i quired co cer i g the histo y of its a a Old hurch and an a n n an P l ce, C , M ors, besides h vi g bee eye-witness of the n umerous changes that have taken a in r n r r pl ce here ece t times , it has occur ed to me to w ite a short topographical and historical a ccount of this parish , as n a n and such a book , without clashi g with more le r ed a ra r ma n n ra el bo te t eatises , y serve to co vey to the ge e l reader some trustworthy information respecting the locality ; and this I have endeavoured to a ccomplish in n a the followi g p ges . ‘ ' A Show Cnnonzc/c concerning inc Pa y/ {Sn ’ n of Cnoy a o . CH AP TER L GEOLOGY . G C Y a n Cr n at EOLOGI ALL spe ki g , oydo is situated the edge L n n a n at n n a of the o do cl y basi its ju ctio with the ch lk . The cretaceous or chalk strata are well represented at rn end C ar n the southe of our parish . halk is of m i e r n an d ndi a a sea an d a r o igi , i c tive of rather deep warme En n The n period than now Obtains in gla d . mi ute forms that constitute a large portion of the chalk belong n ani a n to the lowest divisio of the m l ki gdom , the z n n Proto oa, which i cludes, besides them, the spo ges, n a n an d r A i fusori l a imalcules, some other fo ms . ccu mulations are now taking place in the depths of the Atlantic of the same spe cies of Foraminifera as is Cr n and a a washed out of the oydo chalk, ssoci ted with r n and a a these are silicious pa ts of spo ges di toms, th t, r a r ma a a r and r he e fte , y become ggreg ted togethe , fo m n or an flints ar n in odules b ds of , simil to those see the a our But a are not n in ch lk of parish . th t we still livi g the cretaceous epoch is evident by the disappearance r an A n and r f om the oce of the huge mmo ite, f om the ar a a an n z ar as e th of the Pterod ctyl , gig tic wi ged li d, well r n x n The r as othe ow e ti ct reptiles . chalk pe iod was B 2 lo 4 Geo gy . brought to its close by a change in the physical geography - a u an n sea of these p rts , thro gh elevatio of the bed r a ma a n r n n sea p ob bly, or it y h ve bee by a sh i ki g of the ; r was r yet, whicheve the p ocess , it preceded the com men cement of what geologists term the Tertiary era . Of T r a r are T an an the e ti ry series, the fi st the h et s ds , r I T n r a n so called f om the sle of ha et, whe e they att i their T a a x n n a greatest thickness . hese h ve but limited e te t e r in ra a n Cr n are n r . oydo they see , howeve the ilw y cutti g ’ n ar C L n an d in ar n at D u a s e ombe a e, the l ge pit beyo d, pp A n in H and at Croham H r . s ill, u st the fossils fou d To n a n are a r n r n . them i dic te, these sa ds lso of ma i e o igi - W and R n these sea beds succeed the oolwich eadi g series , ar fluviatile ar n and r n r n n p tly of , estu i e ma i e o igi , showi g a further change in the physical condition s Of the district — n an - a n r r evide ce of l d surf ces dow which ive s flowed, n a e ra teemi g . with molluscous life, which h v left t ces of ’ - at ar H D u a s H Ea Cr n shell beds P k ill, pp ill, st oydo S a n and Cr n S a and Gas W r t tio , the oydo ew ge o ks , Wadd on * Th e W in n n a . oolwich beds questio i dic te - r a n n O a n sub t opic l co ditio s . ther geologic l revolutio s n ar a a r a n r followi g , this e bec me cove ed with ewe deposit an an d rr Oldhaven of s d pebbles, refe ed to the beds, those roun ded pebbles so largely exposed on Addington an d ’ D u a s H and at Croham H r a n pp ill, u st ; the s me bei g n Old n r evide tly due to some coast li e of chalk, f om , the flints r rn and r n of which they were de ived, wo ou ded by a n - n n s a- r n roham H and lo g co ti ued e wave att itio . C urst A n n H n n r ddi gto ills, i deed, appear to have o ce fo med all n - a an n r sm shi gle be ched isl ds, peepi g out f om the an a n n in n oce , co ditio which they seem to have remai ed for a ges . A n n and n fter the depositio of these sa ds, pebbles estuari e a as L T r r n r a an beds, cl ssed the ower e tia ies, a othe physic l d a an rin climat l ch ge occurred, du g which was deposited the * “ Lect ure on the Geolo of Cro d on &0 B J ‘ M o rri gy y , Y s, F . G . S. Geolo gy . 5 n n L n n a and n stratum k ow as the o do cl y, a thick te acious u a n n n r a n r r n acc mul tio , exte di g ove co side able po tio of the and n r a The east o th sides of the p rish . muddy deposit rr n r r ar refe ed to, seems to have bee de ived f om the we and r rn and rn an r n tea of some old southe weste l d, du i g n in as in n a a lo g period of time , which, the precedi g ch lk a r r an period, much warme climate prevailed he e th at present ; as is evident from n umerous remains of r and r n in L n n Of tu tles c ocodiles fou d the o do Clay . its n r in n ra an are n ow r Mollusca life, ich ge e , m y estricted r a In ar to t opic l seas . this deposit likewise e found a n ar and nor are rem i s of fishes, such as the sh k ray ; n n n a n an n and r there wa ti g i dic tio s of l d wadi g birds, bi ds n ra a n d r a of prey ; besides co ife e, the f uit of peculiar a now n in In a palm, rel ted to the Nipa, flourishi g di . With the London clay the Lower Eocen e formations n in n r Cr n r na an d see the eighbou hood of oydo te mi te , n a r n r n n n - n n the a hiatus, ppa e tly rep ese ti g a lo g co ti ued r n n n and r pe iod, i terve es betwee it the deposit of the ove n r an r n or a n n lyi g g avel impe fectio , g p , i volvi g the dis appearan ce o f the whole of the Miocen e and Pliocene formations and the magnitude of which may be inferred r a r n On e- r an E r f om this , th t mo e tha thi d of the l d of u ope , n n r n sea and it is co jectured, has bee fo med be eath the , raised above it in the interval between the Eocene forma tion and the deposition of that superficial gravel which Th covers so large a portion of o ur parish .