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Cromwell Road, CATERHAM, CR3 5JF

Turn of the 19th/20th Century terrace on Cromwell Road. Compare its immediate neighbours (see Image) - this terrace is plainer in design.

Turn of the 19th/20th Century terrace of villas on Cromwell Road. A plaque in the centre of the row gives the name "Ada Villas". The embellishments around the ground floor windows and doors suggest that they were built with a slightly more upmarket feel compared with the terrace beyond (see Image).

c1950s housing on a cul-de-sac ending at the border of Surrey and the London Borough of Croydon. The trees in the background are on Coulsdon Common. Cromwell Road started development around the end of the 19th Century, but this section is much later, being built on the site of the former Ninehams House.

c1950s housing on a cul-de-sac off Cromwell Road, backing onto the border of Surrey and the London Borough of Croydon. The trees in the right background are on Coulsdon Common.

This is leaving Surrey and coming into London, although it doesn't look like it. This is Coulsdon Common, an amenity area of countryside maintained by the City of London. That's their smart black sign. The houses begin just round the corner. The little bollard nearest the camera is a Coal Tax Post. There's another one about 5 minutes walk up the path on the left. I know because I've just put in a picture of it. Funny, you can go your whole life without ever meeting a Coal Tax Post and then two come along at once. I've even got the Wiki. link still saved http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-tax_post

This coal tax post (no 168 on the list linked to below) is situated alongside Stites Hill Road as it enters Coulsdon Common. See Image for a wider view.

A section of Coulsdon Common alongside Stites Hill Road, visible in a dip in the background of the photo.

Stites Hill Road as it enters Coulsdon Common. On the left is a coal tax post (no 168 on the list linked to below) - see Image for a close up.

Coulsdon Common is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation along with a number of other properties in the south of the Borough of Croydon. It is largely wooded. This view looks down to Stites Hill Road.

Coulsdon Common is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation along with a number of other properties in the south of the Borough of Croydon. It is largely wooded. This view looks along Stites Hill Road with a City of London boundary post in the foreground - see http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html