In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Addiscombe like this:
ADDISCOMBE, a locality 1¼ mile E of Croydon, with a post office under that town, in Surrey. an edifice here, within a pleasant small park, was built by Vanburgh, inhabited by the Herons, Lord Chancellor Talbot, Lord Liverpool, and the Clarkes, purchased in 1812 by the East India Company, and made a military college for their cadets. The estate was sold, in 1861, for £33,600 to the British Land Company.
Addiscombe through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Addiscombe, in Croydon and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23518
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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