Coronation Hall
Introduction
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Coronation Hall
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 17 Aug 2016
This "tin tabernacle" in Bridge Road was built in 1892. It was originally Fordcroft Mission Hall (Ford Croft is the name given on the 1920 OS map for a small community here dating from the late 19th century, presumably for local paper mill workers, predating the Orpington bypass built in the 1920s and the post war development of the Poverest estate). Until 1953, the building was owned by Orpington Baptist Church. In that year (hence the name) it was purchased from them for £700, raised locally with help from Allied Bakeries in nearby Cray Avenue (see Image). It is now a community hall, run by a non-profit trust. In the background is new housing in Bellefield Road, backing onto Fordcroft Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.387675
Longitude
0.107597