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Bulletin 136
April 22, 2017
…to the Tramlink stop at Beddington Lane. There is a car-park.) The Society’s events are open to the general public, unless otherwise stated. Merton Historical Society will be 50 years…
Bulletin 139
April 22, 2017
…scheme eventually succeeded in demolishing the bridge, whereupon the surviving Danes fled into their fortress, and this particular threat to Ethelred’s rule had passed.1 Subsequently Olaf became king of Norway,…
Trouble at Mill: A brief history of the former Liberty Print Works site, including Textile printing at Merton Printers Ltd (Libertys) 1965-1982
April 14, 2017
…into history. The Riselime Years 1977–1981 Rustichina eventually succeeded in obtaining a lease on the printworks. This involved the Workshop, the Cottage and Front Shop, old Colour House, Coles, 1926…
Test About the Society
…relating to the history of our area. Click here to read more CONTACT US Contact us OTHER LOCAL HISTORY EVENTS You might also be interested in other local history events…
Mitcham in the Mid-17th Century:
April 14, 2017
…a few of Cromwell’s men. The actual impact on Mitcham was probably insignificant, but the event must have kept village tongues exercised for months afterwards. At this period communications were…
Bulletin 225
March 10, 2023
…Parking in adjacent streets is free. No events are scheduled for May ViSiTS: Please book beforehand: mhs@mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk Thursday 8 June at 11am The Canons and Grounds A behind-the-scenes tour of…
Bulletin 178
April 22, 2017
…left the Society more than £10,000 in her will in 2007. A large section of the lecture was devoted to Events and People. Under this comprehensive heading were Trafalgar Bicentenary…
Bulletin 194
April 22, 2017
…of four of the surface streams that run off the clay of Pollards Hill and eventually find their way over sands and gravels to the Wandle. The Norbury Brook arises…
JUSTICE TO MEN AND COUNTRY: The Mitcham Military Tribunal, 1916–1918
August 17, 2017
…over the business to him on the occasion of his marriage last July. An interesting event is expected in July. Two months’ exemption. An assistant to a gas mantle manufacturer,…
Morden Park
April 15, 2017
…problem was so difficult that eventually in May 1768 they had to enter into an agreement6 to procure a private Act of Parliament, to enable Garth to grant Ewart two…
Bulletin 128
April 22, 2017
…John Eagle The venue for this exciting hands-on event is appropriately close to Stane Street, probably a familiar route to many a Roman soldier. (The medical centre is near Morden…
OUR CONVICT SON: Harold Brewster 1895-1958: A Merton Objector to Conscription
August 22, 2018
…service in the event of conscription, who will refuse from conscientious motives to bear arms, because they consider human life to be sacred, and cannot, therefore, assume the responsibility of…
Bulletin 147
April 22, 2017
…The Society’s events are open to the general public, unless otherwise stated. Non-members are invited to make a small donation to help with the Society’s running costs. A VISIT TO…
Bulletin 133
April 22, 2017
…a 15-20 minute walk from Clapham Junction, or take bus 239. The Society’s events are open to the general public, unless otherwise stated. LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS Friday 10th December 1999…
Bulletin 186
April 22, 2017
…last September’s Bulletin.) Plenty of annual events too: KidsFest at Merton Abbey Mills, the Celebrating Age Festival, Black History Month and a ‘Celebrating Communities’ event, in which the Baitul Futuh…
Bulletin 155
April 22, 2017
…out for the attractive full-colour brochure Nelson’s Paradise Merton 2005 Events produced by the London Borough of Merton, with Heritage Lottery Fund support. A great variety of events are listed,…
The Influence of Merton Priory
April 14, 2017
…– the then newly formed institution of learning that would eventually rival Oxford. He is credited by St Edmund Hall as having been the first Regent Master in the Arts,…
Liberty Print Works: Wartime Remembrances
April 14, 2017
…birthday in September came and went and nothing happened for weeks. Eventually the call did come and with it my last day at work just a month short of four…
Bulletin 152
April 22, 2017
…location of Martin Way Methodist Church. The Society’s events are open to the general public, unless otherwise stated. You are invited to make a donation to help with the Society’s…