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CROYDON

Volume 6 · 63 words · 1810 Edition

a town in Surry in England. Its situation is low, near the spring-head of the river Wandel, and it is in a manner surrounded with hills. It is pretty large, and is chiefly noted for being the seat of the archbishop of Canterbury. It has a large handsome church, an hospital, and a free school. W. Long. o. s. N. Lat. 51. 22.