Category Archives: Housing

Tramway Terrace

Tramway Terrace was the name of 30 houses, on the west side of Carshalton Road and south of Arney’s Lane, north of Goat Road. They were numbered from 1 to 30 going from south to north.

In the 1925 street directory, the houses had been renumbered as part of Carshalton Road, going north to south as 24 to 53 inclusive.

Bing Birdseye view

Bing Birdseye view

1894 OS map

1894 OS map

Occupants

1915 from street directory
3, George HART
4, Alfred George HALLIDAY
5, William Henry NEWTON
6, William Joseph JOHNSON
8, Arthur HENN
9, Frederick HURFORD
10, John DIXON
11, Reginald ABRAHAM
13, Arthur ANDREWS
14, Henry Edward ELVERSTON
18, Charles William NEWELL
19, John Childs TICEHURST
20, Thomas YATES
21, Benjamin MARSHALL
22, Robert BARKWELL
23, Thomas Henry BAND junior
24, George BARTLETT
25, Edgar John LAVERS
26, William BECKLEY
27, Vincent TAYLOR (insurance agent)
29, Frederick LORD
30, Harry SANDERS

World War 1 Connections
Private Frank Henn


Newspapers

From the Church Times, 29th June, 1900, page 755 :

Wanted situation as gardener. Orchid culture a speciality. Married. Communicant. Good Churchman. Bass voice for choir. Good reader and soloist. Excellent references.

Basso, 27 Tramway Terrace, Mitcham Junction, Surrey.


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

Romeo Villas

A row of 3 detached houses, each split into 2 residences, south of Lime Tree Cottages, on the western side of the London Road, south of Church Path. Opposite where the Baron Grove road is today.

1910-os-map-lime-tree-cottages

1910 OS map

Occupants in the 1911 street directory numbered from north to south:

3,Charles POPKINS
4,William James KENYON
5,William LUNT (market gardener)
6,Richard TICKNER & Son (furniture dealers)

Occupants in the 1896 street directory

1,George Joseph DALE
2,Miss RUTHERFORD
3,Albert Charles KNIGHT
4,Lewis McGREGOR
5,William LUNT (market gardener)
6,John James PERRY


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