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Upper Norwood is an area of southeast London within the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark. [1]

103 relations: Anerley, Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790), Anthony Ludovici, Émile Zola, Bad Night for the Blues, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Bernard Fagg, Bertrand Russell, Blue plaque, Caroline Alice Elgar, Chalybeate, Charles Spurgeon, Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, Chief Justice of Singapore, Chris Shepherd, Church of England, Comper Swift, Croydon, Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency), Croydon transmitting station, Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station, Crystal Palace railway station, Crystal Palace transmitting station, Crystal Palace, London, Decimus Burton, Dulwich, Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency), East London line, Edward Elgar, Elmers End, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, Felix Mendelssohn, FIFA World Cup Trophy, Francis Drake, G. E. Moore, Gipsy Hill, Gipsy Hill railway station, Golden Hind, Gothic Revival architecture, Grange Hill, Great North Wood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, HMS Beagle, Hyde Park, London, John Loughborough Pearson, Levellers (band), Listed building, London, London Borough of Bromley, London Borough of Croydon, ..., London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Southwark, London Clay, Marie Stopes, Mary Nesbitt, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, Metropolitan Tabernacle, Morrisons, Nicholas Comper, Ninian Comper, Norbury railway station, North Downs, Norwood New Town, Oak, Pablo Fanque, Paris Observatory, Patrick Keiller, Penge, Pickles (dog), Public housing, Raymond Chandler, River Effra, Robert FitzRoy, Robert Lambert Baynes, Romani people, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Safeway (UK), Sainsbury's, Secondary school, Selhurst, Sixth form, South Norwood, St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood, Streatham railway station, Sydenham, Sydenham Hill, The Beatles, The Crystal Palace, The Great Exhibition, Theodore Ford, Thomas Attwood (composer), Thornton Heath, Trigonometry, Tulse Hill railway station, Upper Norwood Library, Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School, Walter Franklin (cricketer), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, West Dulwich railway station, West Norwood, West Norwood railway station, 1966 FIFA World Cup. Expand index (53 more) »

Anerley

Anerley is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley.

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Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790)

The Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) was the survey to measure the relative situation of Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory.

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Anthony Ludovici

Anthony Mario Ludovici MBE (8 January 1882 – 3 April 1971) was a British philosopher, sociologist, social critic and polyglot.

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Émile Zola

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

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Bad Night for the Blues

Bad Night for the Blues is a 15-minute comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton.

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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

"Being for the Benefit of Mr.

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Bernard Fagg

Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg (8 December 1915 – 14 August 1987) was a British archaeologist and Museum curator who undertook extensive work in Nigeria before and after the Second World War.

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Caroline Alice Elgar

Caroline Alice, Lady Elgar (9 October 18487 April 1920) was an English author of verse and prose fiction, who married the composer Edward Elgar.

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Chalybeate

Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.

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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher.

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Charlotte Carmichael Stopes

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (5 February 1840 – 6 February 1929) was a British scholar, author, and campaigner for women's rights.

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Chief Justice of Singapore

The Chief Justice of Singapore is the highest post in the judicial system of Singapore.

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Chris Shepherd

Chris Shepherd is a double BAFTA nominated television/film writer and director.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Comper Swift

The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift is a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire.

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Croydon

Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross.

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Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Steve Reed of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.

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Croydon transmitting station

The Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on Beulah Hill in Upper Norwood, London, England, in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva.

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Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station

Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station was a station in what was the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell in south London.

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Crystal Palace railway station

Crystal Palace railway station is a Network Rail and London Overground station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London.

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Crystal Palace transmitting station

The Crystal Palace transmitting station, currently known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the borough of Bromley, England.

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Crystal Palace, London

Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.

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Decimus Burton

Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects of the 19th century.

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Dulwich

Dulwich is an area of south London, England.

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Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Dulwich and West Norwood is a constituency created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons by Helen Hayes of the Labour Party since her election in 2015.

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East London line

The East London line is part of the London Overground, running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London.

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

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Elmers End

Elmers End is an area of south east London within the London Borough of Bromley, largely falling within the borders of Beckenham.

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Elsie Finnimore Buckley

Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1 August 1882 – 6 June 1959) was an English writer and translator.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period.

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FIFA World Cup Trophy

The World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament.

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Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (– 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.

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G. E. Moore

George Edward Moore (4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958), usually cited as G. E. Moore, was an English philosopher.

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Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill is an area in south London within the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Gipsy Hill railway station

Gipsy Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London.

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Golden Hind

Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for her privateering circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

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Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a British television children's drama series originally made by the BBC.

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Great North Wood

The Great North Wood was a natural oak woodland that covered most of the area of raised ground starting some south of central London, covering the Sydenham Ridge and the southern reaches of the River Effra and its tributaries.

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Harris Academy Upper Norwood

Harris Academy Upper Norwood (formerly Westwood High School and then Westwood Girls' College for Languages and Arts and Ingram County Secondary Girls' School) is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon, England.

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HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle was a 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class.

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Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Central London.

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John Loughborough Pearson

John Loughborough Pearson (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals.

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Levellers (band)

Levellers are an English folk rock band formed in Brighton, England in 1988, consisting of Mark Chadwick (guitar and vocals), Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitar), Charlie Heather (drums), Jon Sevink (violin), Simon Friend (guitar) and Matt Savage (keyboards).

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Bromley

The London Borough of Bromley is one of the 32 London boroughs that, along with the City of London, comprises Greater London.

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London Borough of Croydon

The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in south London, England and is part of Outer London.

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London Borough of Lambeth

Lambeth is a London borough in south London, England, which forms part of Inner London.

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London Borough of Southwark

The London Borough of Southwark in south London, England forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London.

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London Clay

The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 56–49 Ma) age which crops out in the southeast of England.

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Marie Stopes

Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights.

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Mary Nesbitt

Mary Nesbitt (born 1742/3 – died 1825) was an English upper class socialite and courtesan who mixed in the elevated circles of government and royalty in late 18th century Great Britain.

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Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue and tourist attraction in City of Westminster, London.

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Metropolitan Tabernacle

The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large Independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London.

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Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, trading as Morrisons, is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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Nicholas Comper

Nicholas Comper (29 April 1897 – 17 June 1939) was an English aviator and aircraft designer, whose most notable success was the 1930s Comper Swift monoplane racer.

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Ninian Comper

Sir (John) Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish-born architect.

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Norbury railway station

Norbury railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, down the line from.

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North Downs

The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.

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Norwood New Town

Norwood New Town is a largely residential, former working-class enclave within the larger district of Upper Norwood in Southeast London.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Pablo Fanque

Pablo Fanque (born William Darby 30 March 1810 in Norwich,Gretchen Holrook Gerzina, Editor, "Black Victorians-Black Victoriana" (Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, NJ, 2003) England; died 4 May 1871 in Stockport, England) was an English equestrian performer and circus proprietor, the first recorded non-white British circus owner in Britain.

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Paris Observatory

The Paris Observatory (Observatoire de Paris or Observatoire de Paris-Meudon), a research institution of PSL Research University, is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centres in the world.

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Patrick Keiller

Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a British film-maker, writer and lecturer.

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Penge

Penge is a district of south-east London, in the London Borough of Bromley.

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Pickles (dog)

Pickles (born 1962 or 1963; died 1967) was a black and white collie dog, known for his role in finding the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy in March 1966, four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to kick off in England.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter.

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River Effra

The River Effra is a converted river or former large stream in south London, England, mainly underground.

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Robert FitzRoy

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist.

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Robert Lambert Baynes

Sir Robert Lambert Baynes (1796–7 September 1869) was a British Royal Navy admiral who as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station prevented the 1859 Pig War from escalating to a major conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Romani people

The Romani (also spelled Romany), or Roma, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group, living mostly in Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern Indian subcontinent, from the Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Sindh regions of modern-day India and Pakistan.

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Royal Observatory, Greenwich

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, moved from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames.

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Safeway (UK)

Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience shops in the United Kingdom.

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Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector in the United Kingdom.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Selhurst

Selhurst is a London suburb in the Borough of Croydon south-south-east of Charing Cross.

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Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form (sometimes referred to as Key Stage 5) represents the final 1-3 years of secondary education (high school), where students (typically between 16 and 18 years of age) prepare for their A-level (or equivalent) examinations.

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South Norwood

South Norwood is a district of south east London within the London Borough of Croydon.

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St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Church of England church in Upper Norwood, a suburb of South London, in the United Kingdom.

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St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood

St Joseph's College is a boys' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Upper Norwood area of the London Borough of Croydon, England.

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Streatham railway station

Streatham railway station is a station in central Streatham in south London.

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Sydenham

Sydenham is a district within the south east London Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark.

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Sydenham Hill

Sydenham Hill is a hill and an affluent locality in southeast London.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.

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Theodore Ford

Sir Theodore Thomas Ford (1829–1920) was a British lawyer and judge.

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Thomas Attwood (composer)

Thomas Attwood (23 November 1765 – 24 March 1838) was an English composer and organist.

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Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath is a district of South London, part of the London Borough of Croydon, south of Charing Cross.

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Trigonometry

Trigonometry (from Greek trigōnon, "triangle" and metron, "measure") is a branch of mathematics that studies relationships involving lengths and angles of triangles.

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Tulse Hill railway station

Tulse Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, between railway bridges over the A205, South Circular Road and the A215, Norwood Road.

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Upper Norwood Library

Upper Norwood Library Hub is a community managed library in Upper Norwood, South London.

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Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School

Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School, is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school located in Upper Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon, England.

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Walter Franklin (cricketer)

Walter Bell Franklin (16 August 1891 – 5 March 1968) was an English cricketer.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1948), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books.

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West Dulwich railway station

West Dulwich railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the West Dulwich area in the London Borough of Southwark, south London.

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West Norwood

West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross.

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West Norwood railway station

West Norwood railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in West Norwood, south London.

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1966 FIFA World Cup

The 1966 FIFA World Cup (officially: World Championship-Jules Rimet Cup-England 1966) was the eighth World Cup and it was held in England from 11 to 30 July.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Norwood

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