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1872 Durham House To Be Let

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Wednesday 27 March 1872

MITCHAM, Surrey.
-DURHAM HOUSE.
-This capital FAMILY RESIDENCE, in substantial and good decorative repair, to be LET, containing six bed-rooms, two dressing-rooms, dining and drawing rooms ; water and gas laid on; large garden, walled in, perfectly private. Rent £65. Four railway stations within 15 minutes walk; omnibuses pass the door.— Edwin Chart, Mitcham, Surrey.

Source: London Standard – Wednesday 27 March 1872 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)

1882 Mortuary chapel tender

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Saturday 1st April, 1882

For enclosing and laying out new burial ground at Mitcham, Surrey, and erecting mortuary chapel thereon, for the Mitcham Burial Board. Mr. Edwin Chart, architect. Quantities by Messrs. Franklin and Andrews :—

Bottom Bros , £2,750;
Nightingale, £2,257;
Higgs and Hill, £2,120 ;
Dickenson, £2,105 ;
Holloway, £1,978 ;
Martin, Wells, and Co., £1,032 ;
Knight, £1,851;
Cooke and Co., £1,850;
Tyerman, £1,850;
Fletcher, £1,849;
Hazell, £1,704;
Acock, £1,782;
Maides and Harper, £1,761;
Crockett (accepted), £1,761.

Source: Surrey Mirror – Saturday 01 April 1882 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)