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Bulletin 137
April 22, 2017
…journey at the Swan. The end of the great era of coaching came with the development of the railway network in the 1840s and 1850s, and the steady decline in…
Bulletin 135
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 135 September 2000 – Bulletin 135 Athletic Fame of Mitcham: Dorothy Tyler – R Kilsby Place names as surnames – L E Green It’s good to talk –…
Admiral Lord Nelson
…various monuments and celebratory events (see Bulletins 140, 143, 151, 155, 156 and 162) THE NELSON TRAIL Merton Library Service has produced The Nelson Trail – A visitor’s guide to…
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…
Merton Mail
August 8, 2024
…was transported by rail from Mitcham Junction, for sale at Covent Garden. Merton once boasted a number of sizeable market gardens. David Thomson’s 14 acre Wimbledon Hill nursery (founded c.1848…
Colliers Wood or ‘Merton Singlegate’
…followed the extension of the railways. Colliers Wood House was not demolished until 1904, but suburban villas and terrace houses already covered much of its grounds. The last of the…
Urban Mitcham
…recreation grounds were provided in the new housing estates. Mitcham Common, which had suffered much at the hands of the railway companies, and was extensively dug for sand and gravel,…
Victorian Mitcham
Whereas Wimbledon and Croydon received a stimulus to suburban expansion in the early Victorian period from railways, Mitcham did not, and instead it attracted somewhat offensive industries. Paint, varnish and…
Lower Mitcham
Although seemingly never defined precisely, Lower Mitcham can be considered as occupying the area north of the former Wimbledon to Croydon railway line (now the Tramlink) and between Baron Walk…
Publications
…volume covers one area of Mitcham. In-house publications include a series of A5 booklets on a variety of local subjects, including historic buildings and estates, industries and local railways. Our latest…
Bulletin 181
April 22, 2017
…occasions in 1944. Her orders were to organise and lead the Maquis in sabotage operations against enemy communications such as road and railway bridges and telephone lines. Her second mission…
Memories of the New Merton Board Mills 1964-1976
September 11, 2024
…Access was obtained by climbing a very steep wall ladder, thankfully with safety rails attached. From there you stepped directly into the control box. This type of ceiling crane moved…
The Life of James Lackington, Bookseller, 1746-1815
April 14, 2017
Local History Notes 24: by James Lackington (1791, rev. 1827, ed. Peter Hopkins 2004) James Lackington was born in 1746 in Somerset, the son of a shoemaker. At ten a…
OUR CONVICT SON: Harold Brewster 1895-1958: A Merton Objector to Conscription
August 22, 2018
…MP for Devonport, Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, complained that the ‘cowards and shirkers’ had been allowed rail warrants to travel at Easter and were allowed gloves and overcoats. Though this particular…
Parishioners of Mitcham 1837/38:
April 14, 2017
…since killed on the rail road. The parents pd all expenses – wants a Bible. [1412] 6 John & Ann CHAPMAN day labourer out of work, 3 children 1 goes…
The ‘Amery Mills’ of Merton Priory, the Copper Mills and the Board Mills
April 14, 2017
…supplied, and the mills’ output included newspaper, cartridges, “common and superfine middles”, card for railway tickets, and printing papers. Both steam and water power were used. The following year the…
Topics
St Helier Estate: Easby Crescent (PJH) 2014 Wheel from Surrey Iron Railway Cricket on the Green, Mitcham, 1931 Postcard Cinema 100 plaque, 2/4 Quintin Avenue (JAG) 1999 Flower beds and…
Poor Relief in Morden 1750–1834
October 12, 2022
…old 1 frying pan 1 iron oven door 1 iron scraper, 1 iron fork, 1 rail for oven 2 tea kettles 1 tin cullonder 2 tin saucepans 1 copper boiling…
Bulletin 207
…the much more fashionable sash windows, while the brick front wall was replaced by railings, to display the full façade. (The large Coade Stone statue of Old Father Thames was…