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Bulletin 181
April 22, 2017
…HISTORICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN 181 – MARCH 2012 – PAGE 3 The main civic developments were Morden Park Pool (1967) and Merton College (1971). (A paddling pool was also constructed,…
04 Lower Mitcham
April 16, 2017
Mitcham Histories 4 by Eric Montague Although seemingly never defined precisely, Lower Mitcham can be considered as occupying the area north of the former Wimbledon to Croydon railway line (now…
06 Mitcham Bridge, The Watermeads and the Wandle Mills
April 16, 2017
…to be able to do a lot more. “On Saturday last, [Nov. 13th 1943] the Mitcham Civic Society, led by Alderman Gaston (Chairman) planted 17 trees in Watermeads. The trees…
Medieval Morden: Landscape and Landholding
March 9, 2022
by Peter Hopkins Peter Hopkins presents another painstaking analysis of medieval legal documents, found in a remarkable array of archives, his research buttressed by delving into an impressive array of…
Bulletin 192
April 22, 2017
…of 1450 (1991) p.196 5 James Gairdner The Paston Letters 1422-1509AD I (1910) letter 99 pp.131-5 6 Montgomery Bohna ‘Armed Force and Civic Legitimacy in Jack Cade’s Revolt 1450’ in…
Bulletin 132
April 22, 2017
…that contractors on the construction site of Crown House, the present Civic Centre, had unearthed a layer of chalk covered with flint. Neither material occurrs as layers naturally in the…
GROWING UP ON THE ST HELIER ESTATE 1930–1950: School, Wartime and First Jobs
July 20, 2019
Local History Notes 36: by Albert A J Smith Albert recalls his life at Dorchester Road and Dore Gardens, Morden, schooldays at the Canterbury Road schools, and work at Hawes…
Bulletin 120
April 22, 2017
…by Miss Evelyn M. Jowett, Senior Librarian, and four co-authors. The first history of the ancient parishes. In the Civic Society’s Merton and Morden week 19 to 26 May 1962,…
Bulletin 194
April 22, 2017
…the Crown pub was replaced by a Caters supermarket, and then by a Presto store; now it is the Civic Centre. Morden cinema was replaced by Lidl and Iceland. The…
Ravensbury: a poem written after a visit in 1850, recollecting childhood memories of people, places and events
April 14, 2017
…Society can be obtained from the Society’s website at www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk or from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey. SM4 5DX MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOCAL…
10 Ravensbury
April 16, 2017
…London – GGM72. 11 Now in the file on The Grange deposited with Museum of London – GGM72. 12 Copies of Photographic Unit, Department of Architecture and Civic Design, Greater…
Bulletin 155
April 22, 2017
…Lady Hamilton, and his fellow officers. Saturday 12 November 2.30pm. Committee Rooms, Merton Civic Centre (access via rear door from car-park). Admission free, but names and number to be notified…
Memories of Lower Morden
April 14, 2017
…have lived with my husband for over 50 years. A bus route passes our door leading through to Morden’s shopping and new civic centre and tube station at the end…
Bulletin 150
April 22, 2017
…Borough of Merton the Society agreed to subscribe £5 towards the cost of the new civic regalia, and it was also noted that, but for his death in January, Winston…
Lost Common Lands – Morden Common
April 14, 2017
…903899 28 1 Published by Merton Historical Society – September 1991 Further information on Merton Historical Society can be obtained from Merton Library & Heritage Service, Merton Civic Centre, London…
02 North Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…quarter century. During World War I Mitcham acquired the status of an Urban District, and civic pride soon dictated that the Council should take control of the public open spaces…
Bulletin 180
April 22, 2017
…such as schemes for a Civic Centre in one of Morden’s parks and for public halls, a swimming pool and a car-park on the Crown Road site in Morden. Local…
Liberty Print Works: Wartime Remembrances
April 14, 2017
Local History Notes 8: by W J Rudd Bill Rudd has achieved a great deal in this paper. There are good clear descriptions of the processes that went on in…
Poor Relief in Morden 1750–1834
October 12, 2022
Studies in Merton History 11: by Gladys Stockwell A few years ago, Mrs Gladys Bayton offered to the Society her dissertation, undertaken while teacher training in the early 1960s, on…