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10 Ravensbury
April 16, 2017
Mitcham Histories 10 by Eric Montague Although the manor of Ravensbury included scattered holdings across Mitcham, the centre of the estate was that part of Lower Mitcham lying on the…
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May 26, 2017
Most of our photo collections are grouped by location. You might prefer to explore them by topic. Links to a few topic groups are given below. Clicking any of these links will display…
Bulletin 182
April 22, 2017
…also a Christian name favoured by Americans, and there was a German WWII captain called Commander Karl-Friedrich Merton, commanding submarine U-68! . Madeline Healey continued to delight us with tales…
Bulletin 179
April 22, 2017
…and Morden – WWII Civil Defence maps of Merton & Morden, the 1910 Valuation of Morden, Merton Priory, and the 1838 survey of Mitcham – as well as our current…
Bulletin 178
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 178 June 2011 Bulletin 178 The Morden Tavern: a pub for Heroes D L Ingram A Red Herring on the Antiques Roadshow D Haunton The East Window of…
Bulletin 176
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 176 December 2010 Bulletin 176 Amy Shuard – Memories L Trodd Merton Park Remembrance Society D Haunton Raynes Park (Railway) Skew Arch L E Green The Wandle in…
Bulletin 171
April 22, 2017
…by a WWII bomb, but a round drain made of bricks was discovered, together with a brick-built oval well, and the timber foundations of an earlier well. The structural finds…
Bulletin 168
April 22, 2017
…September 1997. Lionel reported that the holly hedge covering the WWII graves in St Mary’s churchyard has been partially trimmed back, but many of the graves are still obscured. Unfortunately…
Bulletin 151
April 22, 2017
…Judy on a recent visit. Cahagnes was an important possession of Merton Priory, but sadly no medieval buildings survived WWII. © !!!!!Eric Montague had discovered two interesting items in the…
Bulletin 133
April 22, 2017
…St. Helier street names. He has also received formal receipt from the Surrey History Centre listing the unique WWII Air Raid Precaution archive he deposited with them. Surprisingly, so much…