Road built off east side of Streatham Road.

1911 OS map

Planning application reported in council minutes in December 1906:

4187 A.C. Ballard – 114 houses in Melrose Road

undated postcard of Melrose Avenue

World War 1 Connections
Warrant Telegraphist Frederick John Lovett

S.L. Gaston, U.D.C. chairman and Mitcham Borough Mayor in 1938, lived at number 61.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.