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Addiscombe history
First mentioned in the 13th century, Addiscombe formed part of Croydon Manor. Its main industries were farming and brick-making, clay deposits at Woodside providing the raw materials for the latter.
Addiscombe Place
In 1703, Addiscombe Place was built for William Draper to Sir John Vanbrugh’s design . It replaced the Elizabethan mansion built by Thomas Heron in 1516 .
Addiscombe Military Seminary
In 1809, Emelius Ratcliffe sold Addiscombe Place to the British East India Company for £15,500 . Cadets were trained as officers for the Company’s three Presidency Armies . The Indian Mutiny of 1857 led to strong criticism of the Company, and in 1858 it was nationalised by the British government .
Suburban growth
Cherry Orchard Road linking Addiscombe with Croydon began to be a quiet rural lane in the 1830s . However it was not until 1858 and the sale of the college, that significant urbanisation occurred .
Modern Addiscombe
Much of the area had been infilled with smaller housing developments by the 1930s . Addiscombe railway station closed in the late 1990s and replaced by housing . Since early 2006 several parts of the town have been in the process of regeneration .
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