Norwood New Town

Norwood New Town is a largely residential former working class enclave within the larger district of Upper Norwood in Southeast London. It is within the London Borough of Croydon. In common with its neighbouring districts of West Norwood, South Norwood and Upper Norwood, it is named after the contraction of the Great North Wood which once occupied this area. Norwood New Town was built from 1840 as purposely one of the main working class areas of early Norwood (the main others were South Norwood and the 'Triangle' of West Norwood). It was built as a walled estate to separate its working class inhabitants from the upper class country houses and farm land which at that time made up the district. Its construction commenced before the...