Photographs

The Society invites donations of photographs of local historic interest to add to its archive which currently comprises:

The Eric Montague collection of Mitcham and its environs, largely from the 1960s and 1970s;

The Bill Rudd collection, mostly of Morden, from the 1950s to the 2000s;

The Roger Armstrong collection of historic Mitcham cottages.

These can be viewed by location and by topic.

Non-commercial use of these images is permitted. Please acknowledge the Society as copyright holder, as well as the photographer and date of photo. For social media and websites please link to https://mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/
(For commercial use, email mhs@mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk).

The Society set up (and funded) a project in 2005 to build up a Photographic Record of our area. In particular this covered special events and activities, buildings under threat of demolition or major development, plus subjects not currently covered.  The full set of 2,339 photos is available to view on the website of Surrey History Centre – click here.

Merton Memories Project, produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, offers access to their unique collection of photographs charting the history of Merton over the past 150 years.