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A Priory Revealed
April 13, 2017
…although they were let out to tenants, the priory was involved in the maintenance of roads and bridges in order to give access to its properties and distribution of produce….
Bulletin 136
April 22, 2017
…centuries of Mitcham’s bridges over the Wandle and the Graveney, and then with the history of its turnpike highways and its parish roads. The last section looks at some of…
08 Phipps Bridge
April 16, 2017
…erect and keep in repair the sd. Phipps Bridge and likewise another bridge over the sd. new Cutt, and from time to time keep the said bridges in repair at…
Bulletin 126
April 22, 2017
…types of transport and combine them. The footbridges One aspect of the former railway that will disappear is the nine footbridges between Wimbledon and West Croydon. All but one are…
03 Pollards Hill Commonside East and Lonesome
April 16, 2017
…with Acacia Road, and the other leading from Sandy Lane to Grove Road. The original bridges remain, but the old level crossing gates and signal box were removed and replaced…
Bulletin 154
April 22, 2017
…REPAIER“ In The Bridges and Roads of Mitcham1 Eric Montague noted that the Privy Council of Elizabeth I once required Sir Francis Carew, of Beddington, to see to the repair…
Coal and Calico: Letters and Papers of the Bennett and Leach Families of Merton and Wandsworth
April 13, 2017
…places to which they were consigned “above Bridge”.3 London and Westminster Bridges were the only bridges then built.4 Thomas Bennet obtained the freedom of the City of London by serving…
Bulletin 167
April 22, 2017
…£37 million. This was a very high cost at the time for a railway of only 5¼ miles, and was explained by the number of bridges (24) and heavy earthworks…
Mitcham in 1846: The Tithe Apportionment Map
April 14, 2017
Local History Notes 22: ed. Peter Hopkins The tithe apportionment records of 1846 supply a very detailed picture of Mitcham, including every property and providing field names for almost every…