My proposal to rename Gipsy Hill station

[AlastairFraser]

Asked the people who renamed it "Great Southern" about 15years ago, before that it was the "Gipsy Hill Tavern" which wasn't first name either.

Several LBSCR directors lived locally and have streets named after them e.g. Farquahar Road is named after an LBSCR FD.
The large parts of Gipsy Hill and Crystal Palace areas were developed by lots of the LBSCR directors in their spare time as well as the railway itself.

Makes sense - so the area is a sort of a LBSCR edition Metroland?

 

[hwl]

Interesting. Who built the line passing through Gipsy Hill Station?

A subsidiary of LBSCR established for the purpose - It was the original Victoria - Croydon route with the via Norbury route opening later

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Makes sense - so the area is a sort of a LBSCR edition Metroland?

Yes part 2, they had already had a go on the Forest Hill corridor but there was a bit more there to begin with. Same people were involved with helping move the palace to Palace.