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THORNTON-HEATH, a village in the NE of Surrey; on the London West End and Croydon railway, 1¾ mile N of Croydon. It has a r. station with telegraph, a post-office under London S, a police station, and an Independent chapel built in 1865.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Surrey AncC |
Place: | Thornton Heath |
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