Back in November 2022 I wrote about the 4-figure door numbers in Barnet.
Subsequently, I'd had a brief look to see other similarly long roads in Greater London might have 4-figure door numbers, but I came up blank as regards Edgware Rd, Commercial Rd, Walworth Rd, and Old Kent Rd.
A few months ago, after visiting Croydon's marvellous Art Deco airport I was about to return home via West Croydon station when I noticed a bus heading towards Central London via the A23, so I hopped aboard for a top deck tour of South London.
As I studied the screetscape to the side of me I noticed that the shops and houses bore door numbers in the high 1300s. Ooh. I was hooked. Up it went though the 1400s...
... until it busted the Barnet ceiling of 1541...
...reaching its peak at Norbury Islamic Academy, 1595-7 London Road, mid-way between Norbury train station and the borough boundary designated by The River Graveney where the London Road meets the southern end of Streatham High Street.
does anyone have any idea what this 786 on No.1428 signifies?
All pics are screengrabs from Google Streetview
