The 12.30 from Croydon (U.S. title: Wilful and Premeditated) is a detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts first published in 1934. It is about a murder...
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Croydon Airport (ICAO: EGCR) was the UK's only international airport during the interwar period. It opened in 1920, located near Croydon, then part of...
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Inverted detective story (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) is another important instance. The 1952 BBC television play Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott (later adapted for the...
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Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government...
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87 km2 (33.6 sq mi). It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; while...
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Freeman Wills Crofts (category Members of the Detection Club)
(1932) Death on the Way (1932) a.k.a. Double Death The Hog's Back Mystery (1933) a.k.a. The Strange Case of Dr. Earle The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) a.k.a...
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Lists of poisonings (category Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024)
The Black Spectacles (U.S. title: The Problem of the Green Capsule) Raymond Postgate: Verdict of Twelve Freeman Wills Crofts: The 12.30 from Croydon Sir...
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Tramlink (redirect from Croydon Tramlink)
Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and presently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South...
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Handley Page H.P.42 (category Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from June 2019)
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East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in Croydon, Greater London, England. It is located in Travelcard Zone 5. At 10 miles...
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a criminal mind. Freeman Wills Crofts's The 12.30 from Croydon (1934) is written in a similar vein, with the protagonist awaiting trial but unable to...
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Among those who were born in the London Borough of Croydon, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order): Contents A...
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Croydon is an outback town and locality within the Shire of Croydon in Queensland, Australia. It is a terminus for the Normanton to Croydon railway line...
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Croydon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of...
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Mystery on Southampton Water (redirect from Crime on the Solent)
the second Crofts wrote that year after The 12.30 from Croydon. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title Crime on the Solent...
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51°22′30″N 0°05′28″W / 51.3749°N 0.0910°W / 51.3749; -0.0910 No. 1 Croydon (formerly the NLA Tower, and colloquially the 50p Building, the Weddingcake...
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In 1974, the original Croydon South constituency created in 1918 was renamed Croydon Central and the current Croydon South was created from the northwestern...
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Croydon, and was on the approach to Sandilands tram stop soon after 06:00. The speed limit dropped from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 20 km/h (12 mph) at the junction...
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Croydon London Borough Council, which styles itself Croydon Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England...
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Streatham and Croydon North is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is currently...
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Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon, located in the Old Town area of Croydon. There are currently more than...
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South Croydon in south London is the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon and running as far south as the former Red Deer public house...
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The Croydon Cat Killer is the name given to an individual alleged to have killed, dismembered and decapitated more than 400 cats and various other animals...
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from his study in extraordinary circumstances: one minute he is sitting in his living room, comfortably settled with newspaper and slippers, and the next...
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Purley, London (redirect from Woodcote, Croydon)
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least...
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Inspector French (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
(1930) Mystery in the Channel (1931) Sudden Death (1932) Death on the Way (1932) The Hog's Back Mystery (1933) The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) Mystery on...
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Croydon is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of the Sydney central...
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1934 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
Connington – The Ha-Ha Case Freeman Wills Crofts The 12.30 from Croydon Mystery on Southampton Water Henry de Montherlant – Les Célibataires (The Bachelors)...
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Croydon railway station is a commuter railway station on the Lilydale line, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Croydon in Victoria, Australia. Croydon...
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Allders (redirect from Croydon Village Outlet)
store operating in the United Kingdom. The original store was established in 1862 in Croydon by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this...
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