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'''Monks Orchard''' is a suburb on the edge of the [[London Borough of Croydon]], [[England]]. It is situated about 10 miles (16.1 km) south south-east of [[Charing Cross]], south of [[Elmers End]] and [[Eden Park, London|Eden Park]], west of [[West Wickham]], and north and east of [[Shirley, London|Shirley]] and [[Shirley Oaks]].
'''Monks Orchard''' is a suburb on the edge of the [[London Borough of Croydon]], in the [[ceremonial county]] of [[Greater London]], [[England]], prior to 1965 it was located in the [[Historic counties of England|historical county]] of [[Surrey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikishire.co.uk/map/#Monks%20Orchard@51.390,-0.052/centre=51.388,-0.049/zoom=14|title = Great Britain and Ireland - interactive county map}}</ref> It is situated about 10 miles (16.1&nbsp;km) south south-east of [[Charing Cross]], south of [[Elmers End]] and [[Eden Park, London|Eden Park]], west of [[West Wickham]], and north and east of [[Shirley, London|Shirley]] and [[Shirley Oaks]].


== History ==
== History ==
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Monks Orchard is not named after a monastery in the area, but in fact commemorates a family named Monk, from [[Addington, London|Addington]], who owned a farm (Monksmead) and a wood (Monks Orchard) here in the 17th century.<ref name="Willey">Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetteer'', p 327</ref> The land was acquired by Lewis Lloyd in 1854, who built a mansion here and adopted the name of the Monks Orchard wood for the whole estate.<ref name="Willey"/> Lloyd's Monks Orchard House was one of the most substantial mansions in the Croydon area. It had 19 bedrooms, a billiard room, library, and numerous other rooms; the Dining Hall alone was over {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}} x {{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Willey"/> The estate covered a huge area, {{convert|1540|acre|km2}}, stretching northwards from the Wickham Road almost to Elmers End, southwards nearly as far as Addington, and eastwards across the County boundary into West Wickham. It also included several other major residences, such as Spring Park, farms, including [[Eden Park]], Ham Farm, Shirley Farm, Spring Park Farm and Oak Lodge Farm, two dozen or so cottages, The Rising Sun, The Cricketers and the White Hart, and Beckenham Golf Course.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Compared with today, Monks Orchard was sparsely populated when it was established in 1923. Monks Orchard is not named after a monastery in the area, but commemorates a family named Monk, from [[Addington, London|Addington]], who owned some of the land at one time. When Lewis Lloyd acquired the land and had a mansion built in 1854, he adopted the name of a local wood, "Monks Orchard", for the whole estate and this in turn became the name of the area when later developed in the 1920s and 1930s.


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As late as 1923, the area was described in the following way: "The Estate, which has an extensive frontage to the road between the villages of Shirley and West Wickham, is delightfully rural in character, typifying that which is best in the unspoiled English countryside. The land seems adapted by nature for those who are seeking country houses not too far from London, being already park-like meadow land, well timbered, and dotted with coppices; thus affording almost unlimited scope for imagination, and taste, in laying out grounds, by utilising the natural advantages already there."{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
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Lewis Lloyd's Monks Orchard House was one of the most substantial mansions in the Croydon area. It had 19 bedrooms, a billiard room, library, and numerous other rooms. The Dining Hall alone was over {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}} x {{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}} The estate covered a huge area, {{convert|1540|acre|km2}}, stretching northwards from the Wickham Road almost to Elmers End, southwards nearly as far as Addington, and eastwards across the Borough boundary into West Wickham. It also included several other major residences, such as Spring Park, farms, including Eden Park, Ham Farm, Shirley Farm, Spring Park Farm and Oak Lodge Farm, two dozen or so cottages, The Rising Sun, The Cricketers and the White Hart, and Beckenham Golf Course.


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When the estate came up for sale in 1920, only parts of it found buyers, and the rest, including the part now known as Monks Orchard, was offered again in 1924, and this was finally purchased by the Corporation of London for the relocation of the [[Bethlem Hospital]], which had long outgrown its Lambeth home.<ref name="Willey"/> Building of the new hospital started in 1928, which involved pulling down Lloyd's old mansion.<ref name="Willey"/> The hospital development did not require all of the land and the remainders of it were sold off for housing development.<ref name="Willey"/>
As late as 1923, the area was described in the following way:
The Estate, which has an extensive frontage to the road between the villages of Shirley and West Wickham, is delightfully rural in character, typifying that which is best in the unspoiled English countryside.
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The land seems adapted by nature for those who are seeking country houses not too far from London, being already park-like meadow land, well timbered, and dotted with coppices; thus affording almost unlimited scope for imagination, and taste, in laying out grounds, by utilising the natural advantages already there.


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By 1937-1939, most of the current streets had been developed - [[Orchard Grove, Indiana|Orchard Grove]], Elstan Way, Greenview Avenue, and so on. A 1937 prospectus for the Tudor-style "Homes of Distinction" in Greenview Avenue extols the virtues of local building ("There are no mass production houses and no mass production methods") and after describing the houses in great detail, claim that the fitted [[kitchenette]]s are "the Housewife's Dream virtually come true".<ref>[http://www.croydononline.org/history/places/monksorchard.asp History Section – Monks Orchard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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When the estate came up for sale in 1920, only parts of it found buyers, and the rest, including the part we now call Monks Orchard was offered again in 1924, and this was finally purchased by the Corporation of London for the relocation of the [[Bethlem Hospital]] which had long outgrown its Lambeth home. Building of the new hospital started in 1928, but, sadly, this involved pulling down the old mansion. The hospital development did not require all of the land and parts of it were therefore sold off for housing development.


The Lawdon Estate was developed in the late 1960s<ref>Monks Orchard Residents Association 2006 http://www.mo-ra.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MORA_Autumn2006_Newsletter.pdf</ref> and includes Regency Walk, Sloane Walk and Kempton Walk.<ref>Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/living-in-shirley-area-guide-to-homes-schools-and-transport-a105646.html</ref>
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By 1937-1939, most of the roads we know today had appeared and had been developed - Orchard Grove, Elstan Way, Greenview Avenue, and so on. A 1937 prospectus for the Tudor-style "Homes of Distinction" in Greenview Avenue extols the virtues of local building ("There are no mass production houses and no mass production methods") and after describing the houses in great detail, claim that the fitted [[kitchenette]]s are "the Housewife's Dream virtually come true"<ref>[http://www.croydononline.org/history/places/monksorchard.asp History Section - Monks Orchard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


In 2015 the [[Bethlem Museum of the Mind]] opened in Bethlem Royal Hospital, which covers the history of the institution and changing attitudes to mental health over the decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/18/beyond-bedlam-infamous-mental-hospitals-new-museum-opens|title=Beyond Bedlam: infamous mental hospital's new museum opens|date=February 18, 2015|work=The Guardian|author1=Maev Kennedy|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>
== Nearest places ==

*[[Shirley, London|Shirley]]
==Amenities==
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*[[Woodside, London|Woodside]]
The area contains a small row of shops on Bywood Avenue, with a smaller parade on Orchard Way now reduced to just a Co-op supermarket following the closure of The Orchard pub in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatpub.com/pubs/CRO/11642/orchard-croydon |publisher=Whatpub.com|title= Orchard, Croydon|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strettons.co.uk/property-search/auctions/current-auction/property/94852/the-orchard-public-house-flat-116-orchard-way-croydon-surrey-cr0-7nn|publisher=Strettons|title= Auction - Orchard pub|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> There is also an Anglican church, St George the Martyr, located on Elstan Way; the original church (now the church hall) was built in August 1937, with the current edifice being constructed in August 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stgeorgeschurch.co.uk/history/ |publisher=St George the Martyr Church|title= History of St George the Martyr Church|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2019/11/04/st-george-the-martyr-elstan-way-shirley/ |publisher=London Church Buildings|title= St George the Martyr Church|date=4 November 2019|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
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*[[West Wickham]]
*[[Elmers End]]
*[[Ashburton, London|Ashburton]]
*[[Addington, London|Addington]]
*[[Eden Park, London|Eden Park]]
*[[South Norwood]]


== Nearest stations ==
== Nearest stations ==
*[[Elmers End railway station]]
*[[Woodside tram stop]]
*[[Eden Park railway station]]
*[[Eden Park railway station]]
*[[West Wickham railway station]]
*[[Elmers End railway station]]
*[[Norwood Junction railway station]]
*[[Norwood Junction railway station]]
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*[[West Wickham railway station]]
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*[[Woodside tram stop]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Bywood_Avenue_shops,_Monks_Orchard.jpg|Shops on Bywood Avenue
File:Bethlem Royal Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 34691.jpg|Bethlem Royal Hospital
File:Ashburton_Playing_Field.jpg|[[Ashburton Playing Fields]], formerly Croydon Racecourse<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashburton Playing Fields History|publisher=London Borough of Croydon |url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/ashburtonfield/apfhistory |accessdate=2009-08-20 |url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108021227/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/ashburtonfield/apfhistory |archivedate=8 November 2009}}</ref>

File:Co-op,_Monks_Orchard.jpg|The Co-op supermarket on Orchard Way, with the closed Orchard pub on the corner
File:St_George_the_Martyr_church.jpg|St George the Martyr Church
File:St_George_the_Martyr,_Monks_Orchard_2.jpg|St George the Martyr Church
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==

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51°22′54″N 0°03′15″W / 51.3818°N 0.0541°W / 51.3818; -0.0541

Monks Orchard is a suburb on the edge of the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London, England, prior to 1965 it was located in the historical county of Surrey.[1] It is situated about 10 miles (16.1 km) south south-east of Charing Cross, south of Elmers End and Eden Park, west of West Wickham, and north and east of Shirley and Shirley Oaks.

History

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Monks Orchard is not named after a monastery in the area, but in fact commemorates a family named Monk, from Addington, who owned a farm (Monksmead) and a wood (Monks Orchard) here in the 17th century.[2] The land was acquired by Lewis Lloyd in 1854, who built a mansion here and adopted the name of the Monks Orchard wood for the whole estate.[2] Lloyd's Monks Orchard House was one of the most substantial mansions in the Croydon area. It had 19 bedrooms, a billiard room, library, and numerous other rooms; the Dining Hall alone was over 36 ft (11 m) x 21 ft (6.4 m).[2] The estate covered a huge area, 1,540 acres (6.2 km2), stretching northwards from the Wickham Road almost to Elmers End, southwards nearly as far as Addington, and eastwards across the County boundary into West Wickham. It also included several other major residences, such as Spring Park, farms, including Eden Park, Ham Farm, Shirley Farm, Spring Park Farm and Oak Lodge Farm, two dozen or so cottages, The Rising Sun, The Cricketers and the White Hart, and Beckenham Golf Course.[citation needed]

As late as 1923, the area was described in the following way: "The Estate, which has an extensive frontage to the road between the villages of Shirley and West Wickham, is delightfully rural in character, typifying that which is best in the unspoiled English countryside. The land seems adapted by nature for those who are seeking country houses not too far from London, being already park-like meadow land, well timbered, and dotted with coppices; thus affording almost unlimited scope for imagination, and taste, in laying out grounds, by utilising the natural advantages already there."[citation needed]

When the estate came up for sale in 1920, only parts of it found buyers, and the rest, including the part now known as Monks Orchard, was offered again in 1924, and this was finally purchased by the Corporation of London for the relocation of the Bethlem Hospital, which had long outgrown its Lambeth home.[2] Building of the new hospital started in 1928, which involved pulling down Lloyd's old mansion.[2] The hospital development did not require all of the land and the remainders of it were sold off for housing development.[2]

By 1937-1939, most of the current streets had been developed - Orchard Grove, Elstan Way, Greenview Avenue, and so on. A 1937 prospectus for the Tudor-style "Homes of Distinction" in Greenview Avenue extols the virtues of local building ("There are no mass production houses and no mass production methods") and after describing the houses in great detail, claim that the fitted kitchenettes are "the Housewife's Dream virtually come true".[3]

The Lawdon Estate was developed in the late 1960s[4] and includes Regency Walk, Sloane Walk and Kempton Walk.[5]

In 2015 the Bethlem Museum of the Mind opened in Bethlem Royal Hospital, which covers the history of the institution and changing attitudes to mental health over the decades.[6]

Amenities

[edit]

The area contains a small row of shops on Bywood Avenue, with a smaller parade on Orchard Way now reduced to just a Co-op supermarket following the closure of The Orchard pub in 2019.[7][8] There is also an Anglican church, St George the Martyr, located on Elstan Way; the original church (now the church hall) was built in August 1937, with the current edifice being constructed in August 1952.[9][10]

Nearest stations

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  • Shops on Bywood Avenue
    Shops on Bywood Avenue
  • Bethlem Royal Hospital
    Bethlem Royal Hospital
  • Ashburton Playing Fields, formerly Croydon Racecourse[11]
    Ashburton Playing Fields, formerly Croydon Racecourse[11]
  • The Co-op supermarket on Orchard Way, with the closed Orchard pub on the corner
    The Co-op supermarket on Orchard Way, with the closed Orchard pub on the corner
  • St George the Martyr Church
    St George the Martyr Church
  • St George the Martyr Church
    St George the Martyr Church

References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain and Ireland - interactive county map".
  2. ^ a b c d e f Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetteer, p 327
  3. ^ History Section – Monks Orchard
  4. ^ Monks Orchard Residents Association 2006 http://www.mo-ra.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MORA_Autumn2006_Newsletter.pdf
  5. ^ Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/living-in-shirley-area-guide-to-homes-schools-and-transport-a105646.html
  6. ^ Maev Kennedy (18 February 2015). "Beyond Bedlam: infamous mental hospital's new museum opens". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Orchard, Croydon". Whatpub.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Auction - Orchard pub". Strettons. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ "History of St George the Martyr Church". St George the Martyr Church. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "St George the Martyr Church". London Church Buildings. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ashburton Playing Fields History". London Borough of Croydon. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
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