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Henry Hoare memorial in the parish church

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From the memorial stone in the Mitcham Parish Church:

                 HENRY HOARE of Fleet Street, London, Esq.

                                 Born May 1, 1750,
                         and during the last forty years
                         of a beneficent and useful life,
                  resident owner of Mitcham Grove in this parish
                    a blessing and example to all around him,
                         died there March 15, 1828,
                  and was buried by the side of a beloved wife,
              and of children and grandchildren called before him,
                         in his family vault at Morden,
                  where a monument is erected to his memory,
              yet may affectionate veneration for his character,
                       and gratitude for a cherished gift
                long since received at his hand in this church,
                            here also fitly trace
                   the name and lineaments one so loved, 
                         immediately above the spot
                  where he constantly worshipped (as he lived)
                 In humble faith in God’s mercy through Christ,
                      And in perfect charity with all men.
                                                    T. D. A.
H.Weekes, SC, 1842.

Photo taken 17th Sept 2016

See also the wikipedia entry Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove.

Mitcham Electrical Fan Co. Ltd.

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Company that was likely at the factory estate at the corner of Commonside East and Windmill Road.

Auction in 1911 lists equipment being sold, and included 6 sets of X-ray machines:

Forest Hill & Sydenham Examiner – Friday 12 May 1911

By Order of the Liquidator.

Re THE MITCHAM ELECTRICAL FAN COMPANY, LTD.

Without Reserve. COMMONSIDE EAST, MITCHAM, SURREY. (near Mitcham Junction Station, L. B. & S C. Rly., and on tram route West Croydon).

Important Sale of the superior and well-kept Equipment and Stock of an Electrical Engineering Works.

MR. HARRY SIMPSON has been favoured with instructions to Sell by Public Auction upon the premises as above, on THURSDAY, JUNE 1st, 1911, at 12 o’clock noon sharp, the whole of the Valuable PLANT, MACHINERY and STOCK comprising:

A 75 h.p. “OTTO” GAS ENGINE, 4 LATHES, DRILLING, PLANING and MILLING MACHINES, Surface Tables, Table Benches, Vices, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, SEVERAL DYNAMOS, Batteries, large number of Fan and other Motors, about 400lbs Cotton and Silk covered Copper Wire, Cables and Flexible Wire, large and varied assortment of FITTINGS, PARTS, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, EXPERIMENTAL APPLIANCES, and STORES. SIX SETS Of X-RAY APPARATUS, also a Motor Car, 2 Chassis, Portable Iron Building, Quantity of Timber, Weighing Machine, Hand Truck, the OFFICE FURNITURE and EFFECTS and numerous sundries. On view Tuesday and Wednesday prior to Sale.

Catalogues and orders for private view may be obtained on and after May 18th. from the Auctioneer, 61, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, SE. Telephone : Sydenham ‘529.