Research Topics

Architecture

·      Period of architecture?

·      Fashion

·      Feature

·      Process of construction

·      Cost

Where from? Online, Library texts, local records office, Croydon museum.

Street History

·      Changes

·      Crime

·      Anything in press or online

·      Stories

Where from? Online, historical foundations, local records office, Croydon museum.

Local history

·      Of Croydon

·      Of the local area

·      Recent and old

Where from? Online, historical foundations, local records office, Croydon museum.

Research Specific to the building

·      Previous uses

·      Process of construction

·      Cost

Where from? Online, historical foundations, local records office, Croydon museum, the Land Registry

This process will keep drying up but you must allow yourself to keep coming up with new ways of finding information and evidence.

Then ask yourself questions about what is useful and what the next step could be.