Entrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey WH 'Six pence a pound fair

'Six pence a pound fair Cherryes'

Sir Francis Burdett is seated high up on a platform at the back of the car

or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger

A macaroni was an eighteenth century British dandy who affected continental fashions

Entrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey WH 'Six pence a pound fairEntrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Croydon is now in the London borough of Croydon. A man can be seen begging from two figures. Croydon Palace used to be the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. By the 18th century the palace with its 15th century Great Hall had fallen into disrepair, and it was sold in 1807.