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Description: | A view of the village of Addington amongst a wooded landscape. The village of Addington began to expand rapidly in the early 19th century. There was an influx of farm labourers working in the parish and new cottages were built to accommodate them. Addington was absorbed into the County Borough of Croydon in 1928 and continued to grow. The village was designated as a conservation area by Croydon Council in 1973. New Addington was created from farmland in the 1930s when new housing was built to re-house occupants of slum areas in central Croydon. After the Second World War, housing needs turned New Addington into a large local authority housing estate. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Rights holder: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Subjects: | Environment | Temporal: | 1928 | Source: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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