Coombe, Croydon

See also Coombe, Kingston upon Thames

Place in the London Borough of Croydon

There was an estate at Coombe as far back as 1221, recorded as being held by Richard of Coombe. In Elizabethan times, it was known as Broad Coombe. In the 17th century, it was owned by the brothers of William Harvey, who first described the circulation of blood.

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