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Bulletin 122
April 22, 2017
…of the East Pyl Brook in Morden Park rose to 4 feet, flooding Lower Morden Lane, and the playing fields of Hatfeild School, on which the new buildings now stand!…
Bulletin 133
April 22, 2017
…bought by George Cow. 1624 Priory mill purchased by Rowland Wilson for £800. Heavy flooding and attendant collapse of water management in 16th and 17th centuries. (MoLAS Report CCC 97…
Bulletin 198
April 22, 2017
…Barrett, two being unoccupied. The Merton Land Tax records list Winterflood among tenants of land ‘late Lord Nelson’ in 1826 and 1827 so, although these records often took years to…
Bulletin 120
April 22, 2017
…which mean that it can no longer cope with heavy rain, causing a backwash and flooding, which threaten to damage the Water Tower situated at the far end. The Water…
Bulletin 138
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 138 June 2001 – Bulletin 138 Recent Work on the Site of Merton Priory – P J Hopkins The Industrial School in Mitcham – R A M Scott…
Bulletin 146
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 146 June 2003 – Bulletin 146 Missing Piece of the Puzzle (Abbey Lodge) – P J Hopkins Samuel John Tracy – J A Goodman ‘This Sickly Gaol’ (Southwark)…
Bulletin 192
April 22, 2017
…short documentary films: a remarkably clear and steady silent depiction of the great flood in Paris in 1910; a wartime Ministry of Information film about the dangers of spreading rumours;…
Bulletin 156
April 22, 2017
…ensuing discussion, Madeline mentioned the fishponds near Morden Lodge, which had been filled in by her grandfather during flood-prevention work. These may well have been of medieval origin. . Bill…
Bulletin 152
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 152 December 2004 – Bulletin 152 Photographic Record Project – D Roe The Oxford Movement in Mitcham – R A M Scott A War-time Childhood in Raynes Park…
Bulletin 151
April 22, 2017
…sustained flooding caused by a burst central heating boiler. Fortunately this was discovered by myself and a volunteer before too much damage had been done to the Museum displays and…
Bulletin 147
April 22, 2017
…debate. The entire site could not be completely excavated due to the banks of Bennett’s ditch having been raised as a prevention against flooding. Liberty had washing facilities alongside and…
Bulletin 195
April 22, 2017
…free, The floodgates are open, away to the sea. Free and strong, free and strong, Cleansing my streams as I hurry along To the golden sands, and the leaping bar,…
Excavation of a Romano-British site at Short Batsworth, Mitcham 1966-68
July 17, 2017
Studies in Merton History 7: by E N Montague In this study Eric Montague, late Vice-President of MHS, records the history of the site, the dig, the finds and his…
Bulletin 139
April 22, 2017
…which incorporated Kent and East Anglia. Flooding and land reclamation constantly changed the landscape. There were early pottery kilns, and trade flourished, so that by the 12th century Kingston became…
Bulletin 136
April 22, 2017
…as late as the 1950s, is now managed as wetland and provides an area of flood relief. This is a good spot for wildlife. In particular, an island not accessible…
Bulletin 191
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 191 September 2014 – Bulletin 191 Mitcham Grove and the Myers family – Peter Hopkins The Priory Wall – David Luff Petty Sessions Minutes for Brixton Hundred, Western…
Bulletin 137
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 137 March 2001 – Bulletin 137 The Swan Inn – E N Montague Mitcham in AD 1000 – E N Montague The Mitcham Home Guard Memorial Plaque –…
Bulletin 186
April 22, 2017
…flooded streets in Tooting, the result of a freak thunderstorm on 14 June 1914. From 1953 was a film showing Lambeth’s elaborate celebrations for the Coronation – not only carnivals,…
Bulletin 140
April 22, 2017
…Award for its design, was built between 1975 and 1977. The lake was created for flood control. Moving on to the entrance to Ravensbury Park itself, we heard that the…