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11 The Cranmers, The Canons and Park Place
April 16, 2017
…gentleman and property owner, and he eventually relinquished his partnership in the calico printing works at Merton Abbey between THE CRANMERS, THE CANONS AND PARK PLACE 1830 and 1831. Concurrently…
03 Pollards Hill Commonside East and Lonesome
April 16, 2017
…a clash of interests was as inevitable as it was unforeseen. The exact sequence of events is not known, but the Ordnance Survey map shows that by 1867 a small…
05 Lower Green West Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…and Company’s newly installed manager. Regrettably, confidence then being expressed in the inn’s future was not borne out by events and late in 1994, its reputation sullied by the behaviour…
09 Colliers Wood or ‘Merton Singlegate’
April 16, 2017
…£108 in 1797 to £162 in 1798–9.2 COLLIERS WOOD The figures indicate a major event in the history of the site taking place around 1798, and provide the evidence for…
Abbey Roads: a modern pilgrimage
April 13, 2017
…events that must be recorded. On Saturday 8 February in Croydon I saw a poster announcing a London to Brighton veteran cycle centenary run. By chance at a York rally…
10 Ravensbury
April 16, 2017
…Adventus Saxonium ought certainly no longer to be regarded as a unique and closely datable event which took place in or about 450, but rather as the culmination of a…
01 The Cricket Green
April 16, 2017
…the Court and hutments in the grounds. Eventually alternative permanent accommodation was found for both these departments, and by August 1983 the Court was again empty. Almost immediately, the building…
07 The Upper or Fair Green, Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…initially, the newcomers were few in number, their arrival being spread over many years. Intermarriage in the course of time must be assumed, leading eventually to cultural fusion and the…
Memories of a Morden Lad 1932-1957
April 14, 2017
…I am attempting to write about some of the events in my life, as far as my memory allows. I was one of four children, having two brothers and a…
Medieval Morden: Landscape and Landholding
March 9, 2022
…properties to its logical conclusion in the 1460s, eventually dividing all the cottages, tofts and crofts in East Morden among themselves and their successors so that by the end of…
A History of Fry’s Metal Foundries and the Tandem Works
February 23, 2023
…of Alexander’s eldest son, George, so that eventually they in turn would become equal partners. No price was discussed, and so it was by no means a satisfactory arrangement from…
12 Church Street and Whitford Lane
April 16, 2017
…special events. Although the more urgent works of structural repair had been completed, and interior restoration was well advanced, the decorative condition of the church remained very poor and, with…
Bulletin 134
April 22, 2017
…station, up side. Saturday 9 September 2.30pm River Wandle walk Another Millennium event, exploring part of the western bounds of Mitcham, from Merton Abbey Mills to Morden Hall Park. Led…
GROWING UP ON THE ST HELIER ESTATE 1930–1950: School, Wartime and First Jobs
July 20, 2019
…to contain the glass in the event of bomb blast and prevent injury from flying fragments. There must have been temporary work available to the many unemployed, filling and stacking…
04 Lower Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…completely depopulated, and never developing an identifiable village centre, Whitford was eventually absorbed into the evolving parish of Mitcham. LOWER MITCHAM James Wilford’s house is believed to have been close…
08 Phipps Bridge
April 16, 2017
…un-named holding of two hides and one virgate in Wallington hundred which had been held by Aelmer at the time of the Conquest),21 and eventually this detached portion of the…
WW1 Conscription in Mitcham
July 10, 2017
…a cab driver and owner passed C1. The Commissioner of Police had promised that in the event of any taxi licence being surrendered through the owner’s enlistment and the cab…
Museum of London events
July 9, 2019
For events organised by the Museum, visit their website at https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london …
Other local history organisations
August 23, 2020
…workshops visit the website Some events get booked up very quickly, so visit the website for further details. Booking for some events is essential. Further details of events and booking…
Surrey History Centre events
June 7, 2018
Visit their website at https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/events…