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The zebra spider (Salticus scenicus) is common throughout the UK. It is a jumping spider, so it does not build a web, but relies on its four pairs of large eyes to locate prey and its jumping ability to pounce and capture it.
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Looking roughly west from the junction with Tredwell Road. These houses were probably built in the second half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
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Looking east from Lamberhurst Road. These houses were probably built in the second half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000. In the distance is the Crystal Palace television mast.
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Looking north-east towards Knight's Hill. Most of West Norwood was developed in Victorian and Edwardian times but there is also a fair amount of housing from between the wars.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking west along the top end of Thornlaw Road, where it meets Lamberhurst Road, from near the junction with Thurlby Road. These houses were probably built in the second half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>A short alley which runs between Thornlaw Road and Casewick Road. This shot is taken from the latter.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Seen after a most unusual second December snowfall. See here for a similar, snow-less view: [[[1643403]]].
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking south down the short section of Thurlby Road between St Julian's Farm Road, from where the picture was taken, and Thornlaw Road at the bottom. No houses face onto this section of Thurlby Road, which just has access to garages and similar. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking south from the junction with St Julian's Farm Road. The houses in the foreground were probably built in the second half of the C19th, while the houses further down the road look as if they were built between the wars. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east down St Julian's Farm Road from near the junction with Uffington Road. St Julian's Farm Road has several distinct stylistic groups of houses, all probably dating from the second half of the C19th (except for a few at the top end built in the 1920s/1930s), although the group on the right look as if they could date from the first or second decade of the C20th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
©Stephen Richards
Dist:0.2km<br/>Taken on the last day of the month, and only because I can't remember snow in London in November in the 22 years I've lived here (which is not to say it hasn't happened). It snowed most of the day in central London too, but didn't settle.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking west up St Julian's Farm Road from near the junction with Thurlby Road. St Julian's Farm Road has several distinct stylistic groups of houses, all probably dating from the second half of the C19th (except for a few at the top end built in the 1920s/1930s). The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east down St Julian's Farm Road from just past the junction with Lamberhurst Road. St Julian's Farm Road has several distinct stylistic groups of houses, all probably dating from the second half of the C19th (except for a few at the top end built in the 1920s/1930s). The three houses on the right were built by George Francis Trollope, a local builder/developer, in around 1885. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
©Stephen Richards
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east down St Julian's Farm Road from near the junction with Lamberhurst Road. St Julian's Farm Road has several distinct stylistic groups of houses, all probably dating from the second half of the C19th (except for a few at the top end built in the 1920s/1930s). The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
©Stephen Richards
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking south along the long arm of the L-shaped Thurlby Road, which is split into two by St Julian's Farm Road. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.
©Stephen Richards

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