Ashleigh and India Houses
CR0, Addiscombe Road, 137 - 139
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Company's Military Seminary. Croydon's Heritage
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Company's Military Seminary. Croydon's Heritage
The plaque is to the right of the entrance.
Our photo of the plaque was taken 10 years before the photo of the building, and time had not improved the view, but, 2022, the building ...
The Listing entry gives the history of the building: "... On the Tithe map of 1801 there are narrow rectangular buildings in the plot now...
Janet Johnson (1858 - 1955) pioneer welfare worker. Lived at 39 Redcross Way. She became the first woman Guardian of the Poor in Southwar...
The Crafts have another plaque in this road but English Heritage are clear that this (number 26) is the house in which the Crafts settled...
See Ellen and William Craft - blue plaque for the other plaque in this road.
The address is also home to the Keeping Gallery which displays works by both artists. For many years after Charles' death, Renate gave ta...
The address is also home to the Keeping Gallery which displays works by both artists. For many years after Charles' death, Renate gave ta...
With thanks to our tireless Latin consultant, David Hopkins, who transcribed the plaque and provided the translation. David writes "Since...
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