Croydon Palace
A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great Hall rebuilt between 1443 - 1452) now the home of Old Palace of John Whitgift School. Open to the public on various days.
Conservation work supported by the Friends of the Old Palace Croydon under guidance from English Heritage.
CR0, Old Palace Road, Old Palace of John Whitgift School
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Croydon Palace
The summer residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury. The Manor of Croydon w...
A nursery, preparatory and senior school, founded by the Sisters of the Churc...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the 'Primate of All England', serving as the ...
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
A registered charity founded in the 1960s, with the twin aims of raising mone...
The plaques are on the ground at the foot of the tree. The tree is one of several which are reputed to be the oldest in Britain. The buil...
This page of Pepys' Diary is given at The Diary of Samuel Pepys with lots of explanatory links.
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965 Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 - 1923 "To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for y...
Galsworthy was not well enough to go to the ceremony to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature, so they brought it to him at his home here.
We found these two plaques in the basement, near the lift and stairwell. There may be others elsewhere in the store - if you find any pl...
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