Terrace of three houses south of the Swan and north of Smith’s Terrace, marked in red on this 1911 map.
Photo taken in 1999, prior to demolition.
From the 1915 street directory, going south on the west side of London Road:
The Swan inn, William POWELL
Adolphus DENDY, wheelwright, (The Oakwoods)OAKWOOD TERRACE:
3 Arthur WELLS
2 Thomas Walter BOWHILL
1 Arthur HOOKINGS
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PILLAR LETTER BOX
News Items
From the Sunday Times – Sunday 11 September 1898
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
A LENIENT BENCH.At the Croydon County Bench yesterday, James Thompson, of Oakwood Terrace, London Road, Mitcham, was summoned for selling milk adulterated with 12 per cent. of water.
Mr. John Martin, a Surrey County Council Inspector, stated that he stopped the defendant on Aug. 17 in London Road, Mitcham, and bought a pint of milk. This was divided, and a portion of it was analysed by Dr. Stevenson, who certified it to contain 12 per cent of added water, with a trace of boracic acid.
Defendant’s explanation was that he had run short of milk, and had borrowed twelve gallons from another dealer in whom he had such confidence that he thought he was acting quite safely.
The Bench took into consideration the Inspector’s report that he had previously found defendant’s milk genuine, and ordered him to pay 5s. costs.
World War 1 Connections
From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:
A HOOKINGS of 1 Oakwood Terrace London Road, aged 41 Years, Printer. Conscripted on 28 December 1916 to the Army Service Corps (k Coy).
F MONK of 1 Oakwood Terrace London Road Mitcham, aged 23 Years, Mantle Cutter. Conscripted on 11 June 1917 to the 84th Training Reserve Batn.
Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
Mitcham History Notes 