Tag Archives: 1927

Meopham Road

Road that runs westward from Rowan Road to Grove Road. It was originally called Old Grove Road, and is shown on this 1913 map as part of Grove Road.

1913 OS Map

1913 OS Map

It was renamed to Meopham Road in 1927, likely named from a field on the north side, see map on page 16 of Mitcham Histories : 3 Pollards Hill, Commonside East and Lonesome.

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District Council
Highways and Buildings Committee
Tuesday, 6th December, 1927
Page 528

10. Naming of Roads – It was Resolved, that an order be made under Section 18 of the Public Health Act, 1925, assigning the following names to streets in the district:-

Meopham Road, for that part of Grove Road leading past the south end of Ebenezer Cottages to the junction with Rowan Road (hitherto described as Old Grove Road).


See also:

A. Jordan & W. King, electrical engineers, adjoining 94 Meopham Road

British Red Cross (Youth Section) Divisional HQ

World War 2 Connections
No. 14, E. STRINGER joined the Home Guard 29th September 1940
No. 34, R.G. PACKHAM joined Home Guard


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.

T.S. Jackson & Sons, Ltd

Varnish and paint manufacturer based at the former Holborn Union Workhouse site in Bond Road/Western Road.

Established in 1853, according to this ad from Grace’s Guide :

Dundee Evening Telegraph – Friday 01 April 1927

NIGHT-TIME BLAZE AT VARNISH WORKS.
Fire Discovered By Late Home-Goer.

Fire broke out during the night the Mitcham buildings that were formerly the Holborn Union Workhouse, and is now used by Messrs T. S. Jackson & Sons, varnish and floor polish works. They occupy an extensive range of build ings, including the dining hall and what was the chapel. The fire was discovered by a ‘bus driver, who was returning home at 3 a.m. . The outbreak was in a building adjoining the chapel, used as stores and messroom. The Mitcham Fire Brigade, when they arrived, found flames shooting up through roof. They made great efforts to save the adjoining buildings, which contained inflammable goods, and succeeded after a struggle lasting two and a half hours.

Listed in the 1930 commercial directory as

Thomas S. Jackson & Sons Ltd., paint manufacturers, Western Road. Trading as “Woodstains, Mitcham;” Telephone number 2977.

Listed in the 1954 telephone directory as

Thomas S. Jackson & Sons Ltd., varnish and paint manufacturers
Jasonite Works
132 Weston Road
telephone : MIT 2977

Listed in the 1963 List of Factories as

Blocks ‘C’ and ‘S’
James Estate
Western Road

Paint and Varnish

Source:
Borough of Mitcham List of Factories,
Town Clerk’s Department,
July 1963.
Available at Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.
Reference L2 (670) MIT