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Grove Road

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J.M. Leather had building plans approved in 1904 for 12 houses.

World War 1 Connections
Private William George Dulake
Private John Monery
Private S Sellwood

From the 1954 phone book:

No. 370, T. FOSTER & Co. (Wines & Spirits) Ltd. This was a chain of off-licences, as seen in this extract from the phone book:

1954 phone book

No. 372, A.R. HUNT, Butcher.

No. 376, GREENMAN’S Stores, Grocer.

Minutes of meetings held by the Croydon Rural District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

1879 To Dust Collectors

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Parish of Mitcham.

—Parish of Merton.

CROYDON UNION.
To Dust Collectors.

The Rural Sanitary Authority of the Croydon Union are prepared to receive Tenders from persons willing to Contract for the Removal of the Contents of the Dustbins and House Refuse within the Parishes of Mitcham and Merton, for one year ending Michaelmas Day, 1880. Separate Tenders for each Parish to be delivered at my office, 15, George Street, Croydon, on or before Saturday, the 25th day of October instant. Information with regard to the requirements of the Contract can be obtained on application to Mr. Edwin Chart, Sanitary Inspector, Mitcham. By order, A. G. BLAKE, Clerk to the Sanitary Authority, Croydon Union.October 14th, 1879.

Source : Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter – Saturday 18 October 1879 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required).