Any way it would mean we'd have to walk from Thornton Heath.

Generally, growth and expansion was limited in Thornton Heath for three reasons.

Transport, and the railway in particular, had a huge impact on the development of Thornton Heath.

If the railway company's long-term strategy was a risk, it paid off in Thornton Heath.

Further services exclusive to Thornton Heath were introduced in 1903.

Thornton Heath seemed to be limited in the range of housing designs.

Later, a second larger cemetery opened on the western side of Thornton Heath.

In 1898, the council took over these works and switched Thornton Heath to a direct current.

There were no secondary schools in Thornton Heath, and that situation remains today.

Thornton Heath had 26 of them in 1903, one for every 540 people.