Merton was an ancient parish in the Brixton Hundred of Surrey. It was bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden to the south and Kingston upon Thames to the west. In 1907 it became Merton Urban District which evolved into the London Borough of Merton.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Merton Parish Council
"The death" to which this inscription refers is Nelson's, so the gift was mad...
Born in Manchester as Margaret Christian Garnett, great niece of Samuel Palmer. Aged about 6 her family moved to Hampstead. 1934-67 Labour member of the LCC/GLC. Married Douglas Jay (who had litera...
LLM, Town Clerk, active in the 1950s and 60s. Andrew Behan has researched Austin: Robert Charles Edwin Austin LL.M was born on 31 January 1900 in Fulham, the son of Charles Edwin Austin and Mary A...
Churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1877. Potato salesman operating from 28-29 Crispin Street, in partnership with Joseph Dexter until 1864 when the partnership was ended and Dodson carri...
Poet, and diplomat. Born in Csongrád, Hungary. His family moved to Romania in 1896, where the Serbian heritage was instilled in him. In 1912 he went to study in Rijeka (in modern day Croatia) and V...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Austria, Balkans, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. Born Cornhill. Lord Mayor 1901-2. MP for the City of London from 1900 to 1906. Married Beatrice Eliza Bower Holdsworth in 1873. Our correspondent, Alicia Col...
Historian and statesman. Born François Pierre Guillaume at Nimes, France. His father was executed during the 'Reign of Terror' and he and his mother fled to Geneva. Eventually he went to Paris to s...
Person, History, Politics & Administration, France, Switzerland
Ballerina. Danced for Diaghilev, and opened a ballet school in 1916 in London. The title of ‘Princess’ may be spurious. In the picture the Princess is on the right. Alicia Markova is the dancer on ...
Referring to the plaques on this second landing, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: - at the lef...
The stance of the horse has been criticised since the position of the hind legs suggest urination. Probably not what was intended. We th...
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