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Reference code
WCD/1
Title
Date(s)
- 1905 - 1911 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 vol
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Scope and content
Ms history from 871 to 1911, including etymology, boundaries, geology and flora, population, Sanderstead Manor, parish church and clergy, local buildings, Croham Hurst and Selsdon.. The volume includes fine contemporary photographs of Sanderstead Parish Church, Sanderstead Station, Sanderstead Court, White House Farm, Selsdon, Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Purley House, Riddlesdown Road and St Marys Church, presumably taken by the author. The young girls who appear in some of the photographs are presumably his daughters. The volume is dated 1905-7, but at the back additional newspaper clippings and notes covering the years 1908-1911 have been added.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Fragile with loose spine.
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Existence and location of copies
A photocopy is held by the Local Studies Library at S71 (9) DEN.