Addiscombe Road connecting Croydon with the hamlet of Addiscombe (situated near to the site of today’s Sandilands) to its east. Addiscombe as a place name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, meaning “Eadda or Æddi’s estate”.
The road was known as Upper Addiscombe Road in the 19th century to contrast with Lower Addiscombe Road – water from a spring ran down the hill.