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Medieval Morden: The Manorial Economy
November 20, 2020
by Peter Hopkins Peter Hopkins began his studies of Medieval Morden more than 20 years ago, by copying, transcribing and translating any and every medieval record relating to Morden that…
Bulletin 225
March 10, 2023
…visit to the newly-reopened museum with its new exhibits 22 Ridgeway, SW19 4QN Local History Workshops: 24 March and 19 May 2023 from 2.30pm at the Wandle industrial Museum, next…
Poor Relief in Morden 1750–1834
October 12, 2022
…slightly higher rental values than the cottages. These shops were also assessed on different values, as would be expected, depending on their size and use. Philip Puttock’s wheelwright’s workshop [70],…
Bulletin 219
August 24, 2021
…event on Kempton Park racecourse. Aged 10 years old, she was returning home from the shops with 1lb of sausages for her mother, when there was a tremendous roar and…
Bulletin 178
April 22, 2017
…Common; and Ravensbury Park. Shops were a rich field. We were able to revisit Gilbey’s menswear shop in Morden; Bernice’s Bridal Wear in Grand Drive; and Morden’s Woolworths. The photographers…
Test About the Society
Hand-tinted engraving of St Lawrence Church, Morden. Morden Hall: Hand-tinted engraving published in Edward Walford’s Greater London (1883). Engraving of Morden Lodge, ‘The Seat of Abraham Goldsmid Esqr, Morden, Surrey’,…
03 Pollards Hill Commonside East and Lonesome
April 16, 2017
…of Lonesome Farm at the corner of Meopham and Rowan Roads had been developed for shops and housing, and one half of the future Rowan Crescent had been marked out….
Bulletin 139
April 22, 2017
…SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER Thursday 13 September 11.30am Day visit to Addington Addington was a country home for the Archbishops of Canterbury in the 19th century. Meet at Church of St Mary the…
Mitcham in the Mid-17th Century:
April 14, 2017
…of the Second Bishops’ War, when the Scots defeated the Royal forces at Newburn. There is a possibility that William, like George Carew of Beddington, was killed in the fighting…
Bulletin 115
April 22, 2017
…Brasses (1972) mentions other local ones at Ewell, Sanderstead, Thorpe and Walton- on-Thames. Judy Goodman MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN 115 – SEPTEMBER 1995 – PAGE 7 LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS…
Bulletin 124
April 22, 2017
…of tolu was obtained by incision of the bark of Myrospermum toluiferum, a South American tree. MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY-BULLETIN 124-DECEMBER 1997-PAGE 5 LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS – REPORTS Workshop meeting on…
A Child’s Eye View of Mitcham:1922-1934
April 14, 2017
…family-run shops. Apart from the dairy, baker, butcher and greengrocer there was also a small post office, a draper, chemist and ironmonger. The latter smelt strongly of carbolic, paraffin and…
A Thirties Childhood in Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…also Chestnut Grove with its row of shops. I hopped and jumped over the marked out plots amongst the grass and golden ragwort in the sunshine, for children could wander…
Lower Morden and Morden Park
April 15, 2017
…of Grand Drive wasbegun in the 1880s development was slow and the Lower Mordenend was not developed until the late 1930s. The block of shops and flats which includes the…
Bulletin 184
April 22, 2017
…Road when she got married, and is still living in the same house today. Peter introduced Madeline by saying that at our workshops you could guarantee that she or her…
London Rd even 1983
Bulletin 168
April 22, 2017
…Collection 4 Guided walk in Merton Park 5 ‘More Mitcham Memories’ 6 Book Review: Coal and Calico – Tony Scott 7 Local History Workshops: 15 August: An old gate; Merton…
Bulletin 188
April 22, 2017
…Morden Common – Peter Hopkins 6 Local History Workshops: 13 September: ?crop marks; fireworks in Mitcham; St Lawrence’s church; Sparrowfield 8 25 October: a Bronze Age site; Walter de Merton;…
Bulletin 141
April 22, 2017
…of the Black Death were truly devastating. (See article on pp. 8.9) Eric Montague Dates of next workshops: Friday 8 March and Friday 17 May at 7.30 pm at Wandle…
Bulletin 140
April 22, 2017
…Pat Tongue. She talked to us about the history of the building and about Addington in the 19th century, when it was the country home of the Archbishops of Canterbury….