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Crystal Palace was known as Upper Norwood. The name Norwood is derived from the (Great) North Wood which once covered North Surrey and stretched from Croydon to Camberwell.
Mediaeval Norwood
Upper Norwood passed to Whitehorse family in reign of Edward III.
Tudor Norwood
In Tudor times timber for Golden Hinde, being built in Deptford, came from Norwood.
Stuart Norwood
1652 The diarist, John Evelyn, was robbed in Norwoood.
1662 John Aubrey described Norwood as 'a great wood... belonging to the See of Canterbury'.
1665 Became a refuge from the Plague.
Georgian Norwood
1747 Rocque's map showed Great North Wood being reduced by commons.
1797 Beginning of enclosure of Norwood area.
1820s Upper Norwood now a small suburb.
1820s Large houses built on Crown Lane.
1825 St Luke's (F Bedford), West Norwood opened.
1831 Beulah Spa opened.
Victorian Norwood
1837 South Metropolitan Cemetary was consecrated.
1854 Crystal Palace moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham Hill. More info
1854 Crystal Palace and West End Railway line opened. Much
house building.
1863 St Saviour's Almhouses opened in Hamilton Road.
1865 High Level station opened at Crystal Palace
1870-1871 The Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro moved to Upper Norwood More info
1895 FA Cup finals held at Park Hill Park (?) - now CP Athletics track
Modern Norwood
1911 Norwood Park opened.
1905 Crystal Palace Football Club formed
1927 Speedway racing at Crystal Palace Gardens began
1936 Crystal Palace burnt down.
Film
1937 Motor-car racing at Crystal Palace began
1951 Crystal Palace reopened as a LCC park
1952 Crystal Palace Zoo opened.
1956 Crystal Place TV transmitting station opened - 719 ft high
1964 National Sports Centre opened in Crystal Palace Park.
Booklist
The Phoenix Suburb - Alan Warwick (1972/RP 2009 Norwood Society)
Racing At Crystal Palace. A History Of Motorsports At London's Own Race Circuit 1927-1972
- Phillipp Parfitt (MRP 1991)
Palace of the People: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham 1854-1936 - Jan Piggott (Hurst 2004)
100 Years of Crystal Palace Football Club - Nigel Sands (NPI Media group 2005)