Boundary marker, Lansdowne Place, Upper Norwood
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Boundary marker, Lansdowne Place, Upper Norwood
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 1 Jan 2011
This little road running diagonally away from the Norwood triangle carries the boundary between the London Boroughs of Bromley and Croydon (previously between the counties of Kent and Surrey respectively). Unusually, the boundary runs not down the middle of the road, but along the property frontages on the north side of the road. The metal boundary post shown here carries the writing "Battersea 1854": at this time the land on the Kent side of the boundary (in this photograph, the building), later the Urban District of Penge, was a detached portion of the parish of Battersea, whilst that in which the photographer is standing was part of the parish of Croydon.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.416802
Longitude
-0.080719