The Hospital of The Holy Trinity, Croydon
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The Hospital of The Holy Trinity, Croydon
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 8 May 2010
In 1596 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), laid the foundation stone of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity at Croydon. The hospital was to be situated at the medieval town crossroads for the maintenance of between thirty and forty "poor, needy or impotent people" from the parishes of Lambeth and Croydon. A grade I listed building.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.374221
Longitude
-0.100029