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Bulletin 212
December 4, 2019
…slim volume of short poems by a young Morden resident, very varied in tone: from the mordant – ‘Morden Civic Centre towers over the skyline like the inevitability of death’-…
Abbey Roads: a modern pilgrimage
April 13, 2017
by W J Rudd William John (‘Bill’) Rudd was born in Brixton, south London, in 1925. But in 1930, when he was five, the family moved to Morden (now in…
Bulletin 143
April 22, 2017
…Secretary commenting initially on the memorial plaque to J H S Dimmer VC at the Civic Centre – …. truly magnificent, and a fitting testament to a very brave man!….
Bulletin 147
April 22, 2017
…Heritage Open Days, The Civic Trust, 17 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AW. Mole Valley, for example, has an ambitious programme of events. Tel: 01306 879 327. LIONEL GREEN finds that…
Bulletin 148
April 22, 2017
…around the church, one leading to Merton Priory’s Lower Morden property at Hobalds (now NE Surrey Crematorium), and the other near the present Civic Centre. The question arises . why…
Memories of Service with the LDV/Home Guard, Mitcham 1940-42
April 14, 2017
…Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey. SM4 5DX MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOCAL HISTORY NOTES -9 Memories of Service with the LDV/Home Guard, Mitcham 1940-1942 By J B Pritchard I was…
The Story of the Long Thornton and District Improvement Society
April 14, 2017
…Society can be obtained from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey. SM4 5DX MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOCAL HISTORY NOTES – 10 The Story of…
Bulletin 170
April 22, 2017
…second floor of Morden Library, where the Local Studies collection is housed. The new address is: Merton Heritage & Local Studies Centre 2ndfloor, Morden Library,Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden…
Lower Morden and Morden Park
April 15, 2017
Discovering the Past 1: by Peter Hopkins In producing this booklet of 25 double-spread pages, Peter offers us a rich source of material, most of which appears in print for…
Bulletin 171
April 22, 2017
…were sold to the LCC for school playing fields and there were 15 acres for civic developments which provided a large swimming pool, a children’s playground and the recently completed…
The Bridges and Roads of Mitcham
April 14, 2017
by E N Montague Bridges and Roads deals first with the construction and maintenance over the centuries of Mitcham’s bridges over the Wandle and the Graveney, and then with the…
Copper Milling on the Wandle
April 14, 2017
…1999 Further information on Merton Historical Society can be obtained from the Society’s website at www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk , or from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,…
Daughter Houses of Merton Priory
April 14, 2017
by Lionel Green Profusely illustrated with plans, photographs, drawings and tables, the book traces the spread of Merton’s influence in England, Scotland and Normandy, through the setting up Augustinian communities…
Trouble at Mill: A brief history of the former Liberty Print Works site, including Textile printing at Merton Printers Ltd (Libertys) 1965-1982
April 14, 2017
…information on Merton Historical Society can be obtained from the Society’s website at www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk, or from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey. SM4 5DX…
Bulletin 207
…a plaque inside the Civic Centre and by a road on a housing estate in Longthornton. The Chairman had admitted in his introduction to the talk to some disgruntlement when…
Bulletin 227
September 29, 2023
…1946 when the new General, Albert Onstorn, visited and the Mayor gave a civic reception for him. The 75th anniversary on 25 November 1962 saw a visit from the international…
Merton Memories
July 26, 2017
Launch of the Merton Memories project, Merton Civic Centre (D Roe) 2014 The Borough is fortunate to have an impressive archive of historic photographs, including the splendid Tom Francis Collection…
Stane Street in Upper Morden
April 14, 2017
…Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey. SM4 5DX REFERENCES: D J Turner MA The London Naturalist No.39 p.130 (1959) D J Turner MA The London Naturalist No.38 p.22 (1958)…
Around Manor Road, Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…free pdf of this publication. Further information on Merton Historical Society can be obtained from the Society’s website at www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk , or from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic…
Morden Hall
April 14, 2017
…2nd Edition – September 1998 Further information on Merton Historical Society can be obtained from the Society’s website at www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk , or from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic…