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Bulletin 127
April 22, 2017
…on the grounds of health. Prichard signed the vestry minutes for the last time as chairman in January 1844, and died in September 1848, aged 34. In the autumn of…
Bulletin 126
April 22, 2017
…sitting for hours on end in non-moving traffic, breathing in carbon monoxide (which must make smoking a healthy practice in comparison) had to come to an end. (It is said…
Bulletin 125
April 22, 2017
…unfortunately survives), and the enlargement and improvement of the park. The Spencers owned many other estates, but Wimbledon’s convenience for London, and its .healthy air. meant that the families visited…
Bulletin 163
April 22, 2017
…access from the cloister to the church may have been through the south transept via a slype (passageway) (p.112). The large infirmary cloister may have been used by healthy canons,…
Restoration and Early Georgian Mitcham
…to attract the wealthy, notably London merchants and lawyers seeking a healthy residence away from the perpetual threat of plague in London. Eagle House, probably the finest of Mitcham’s houses,…
13 Willow Lane and Beddington Corner
April 16, 2017
Mitcham Histories 13 by Eric Montague The history of what became the Willow Lane industrial estate in the 20th century can be traced back to the Romano-British period, but it…
A History of Lord Nelson’s Merton Place
April 14, 2017
…behind, and about 360 Feet deep. This Lot adjoins the last, has the advantage of Canal equal to the Frontage, also of the numerous healthy ornamental Trees, and Part of…
Bulletin 206
June 20, 2018
Download Bulletin 206 June 2018 – Bulletin 206 Augustus William Louis Schermuly – Rosemary Turner Sunday School at Holy Cross – Hilary Nethersole 1918 and After: The rather longer fight…
Bulletin 122
April 22, 2017
…outer London boroughs. Material relating to every aspect of London life is here: education, health, the law, the licensed trade, the sewers, the building industry – and of course birth…
The Life of Guy of Merton
October 26, 2020
…hasten his end. So he was brought to Exeter, and laid on a bed, his health growing worse day by day. That pious man, Master Geoffrey, then a canon of…
Bulletin 204
December 15, 2017
Download Bulletin 204 December 2017 – Bulletin 204 Wartime Childhood in SW19 – John ‘Sandy’ Catanach A Task Unfulfilled: Fry’s Metals Ltd (Tandem works) 1972-1997 – Eric Shaw The Berkeley…
Stuart Merton
…Braxtons, on the site of the later Nelson Hospital, now the Nelson Health Centre at Merton Rush. He left £400 in trust from these properties for ‘the putting out poor…
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…
Morden Hall
April 14, 2017
…In 1889 he was sworn of the Privy Council. Retiring through ill-health he was elected Chairman of the newly-formed Morden Parish Council in 1894. He had been born in 1820…
Modern Merton
…and the Nelson Hospital (see Bulletin 182) was opened in 1912, on land purchased from the Rutlish Charity at The Rush – now replaced by the Nelson Health Centre. Another…
Photos arranged by Topic
May 26, 2017
…celebrations excavations farms healthcare horses & horse transport local government & community matters places of worship pubs railways schools & colleges shops sky & weather sport & leisure street furniture…
Bulletin 227
September 29, 2023
…you concerning our servant Mrs Meredith, whose infirm state of health and great age compels us to part with – although we were much disappointed in her, both as a…
Bulletin 207
…buildings, is scheduled for August, and Hannah will keep us updated on progress. She noted two serious Health and Safety points on disabled access, raised by David Luff, that the…
Tax receipts relating to medieval Morden
May 12, 2017
…ancient demesne of the Crown.5 However, conventional valuations were often made, all cows, oxen, etc being assessed at the same value irrespective of age, health, etc. Agricultural equipment, household goods…
Bulletin 219
August 24, 2021
…them petrol. He travelled extensively and dealt in antiques. He neglected his architectural practice. His health began to fail, as his arthritis worsened. This situation could not go on forever,…