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NORWOOD GROVE
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THIS PARK WITH THE MANSION HOUSE, IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THE SITE OF
A SHOOTING BOX PRESENTED TO THE 1st. EARL OF PORTLAND BY
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KING CHARLES II,
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AND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR MANY YEARS THE HOME OF
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ARTHUR ANDERSON,
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JOINT FOUNDER OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY AND
DONOR TO NORWOOD OF THE WORKING MEN'S INSTITUTE, WHO REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT
THE SHETLAND ISLANDERS TO WHOSE INTERESTS HE WAS DEVOTED, WAS PURCHASED
AS AN OPEN SPACE IN 1926 BY THE
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CROYDON CORPORATION,
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ASSISTED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, MANY PUBLIC BODIES AND BY MR. STENTON
COVINGTON OF GIBSON'S HILL, WHO RAISED A LARGE PART OF THE COST BY LOCAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE PARK WAS OPENED BY
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H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
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ON THE 16th. NOVEMBER 1926
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