Crouch End Hippodrome

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Crouch End Hippodrome on a c.1900 postcard. Topshill Parade, Crouch End c. 1900.jpg
Crouch End Hippodrome on a c.1900 postcard.

The Crouch End Hippodrome, originally the Queen's Opera House, was a theatre that once stood in Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London.

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Poster for the Crouch End Hippodrome, 1907. Crouch End Hippodrome poster 1907.jpg
Poster for the Crouch End Hippodrome, 1907.

The theatre opened in 1897 as the Queen's Opera House. It later became the Crouch End Hippodrome and subsequently a cinema. It was damaged by bombing during the Second World War and subsequently demolished apart from the front, which still stands in Topsfield Parade. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Bridget Cherry. (2002). The Buildings of England: London 4 North. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 559. ISBN   0300096534.
  2. The Crouch End Hippodrome, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End. arthurlloyd.co.uk Retrieved 25 December 2016.

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