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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croham like this:
CROHAM, a hamlet on the east border of Surrey; in the south-eastern vicinity of Croydon. The woods around it are notable for the lily of the valley and for nightingales. Croham-Hurst has a post office under Croydon, London, S.
Croham is now part of CROYDON District. Click here for graphs and data of how CROYDON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Croham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croham, in Croydon and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24172
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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