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6 to 12 Church Road

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1974 Image courtesy of Collage – The London Picture Library – http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk

A terrace of 4 houses on the north side of Church Road where it meets Lower Green West, and east of present day Morland Close. In this 1954 OS map, numbers 6 and 8 can be seen on the group of houses just west of a timber yard.

1954 OS map

Before 1915, this part of Church Road was called Church Street. This letter from 1901, was addressed to Miss Siviour, Church Street, but didnt show the house number. It is assumed that this was number 6 as shown in later directories.

envelope of letter addressed to Miss Sivour in 1901 (from the Facebook Mitcham History Group)

letter addressed to Miss Sivour in 1901 (from the Facebook Mitcham History Group)

The occupants in the 1925 street directory were:

6, Mrs SIVIOUR
8, George SIMMONS
10, Mrs HILLIARD
12, Edwin Ashley BOWER

World War 1 Connections
Private Walter Hampton Siviour

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

1925 Traffic Survey

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From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume XI 1925 to 1926
Highways and New Streets and Buildings
13th October, 1925
Pages 320 to 321

CENSUS OF TRAFFIC

In accordance with arrangements made with the Ministry of Transport, a census of traffic was taken at several points in this district from August 17th to 23rd, and I have attached to my report a copy of the totals as arrived at from the sheets by enumerators.

Yours obediently,
BURNETT BULLOCK, P.A.S.I.
Engineer and Surveyor.

From measuring the distances referred to, the survey points were:

Figges Marsh, London Road near junction with Victoria Road.

Streatham Road, near entrance to Pascall’s chocolate factory, opposite Uckfield Grove today,

Croydon Road, about halfway between Ravensbury Arms and Beddington Lane/windmill Road crossroads.

Western Road, north of Mount Road/Lavender Avenue junction, near where Mortlake Drive is now.

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