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07 The Upper or Fair Green, Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…in the days when Mitcham was still a country village and road transport and the farms were dependent on the ubiquitous horse, corn and forage, as well as seeds and…
Poor Relief in Morden 1750–1834
October 12, 2022
…who held the largest houses and estates in the parish. However, tenants of the large farms were also assessed on high rental values: the unnamed tenant of the farm run…
18th- and 19th-Century Morden
…the centuries, the fields attached to the new farms were in more compact blocks. Many of the earlier farmsteads became cottages for the farm workers. There were isolated pockets of…