From the 1938 Official Guide to Mitcham:
Wemyss Bros., the well-known house furnishers of 28 and 30 Upper Green East, display the finest selection of furniture and upholstery in the district, at prices which make an instant appeal to the discriminating buyer. In addition they maintain a complete furniture repair service, upholstery repaired and recovered, french polishing, bedding remade, etc. All work is done on the premises by experts. Patterns, prices and expert advice are free on request.
Road that runs alongside Three Kings Pond and Piece, then Mitcham Common Common to the boundary with Croydon.
Maps
Occupants from street directories
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Commonside East from Three Kings pond to the Beehive Bridge.
From Beehive Bridge to Cedars Avenue
From Cedars Avenue to Pentlands Close
From Pentlands Close to Donne Place.
From Donne Place to Windmill Road
Windmill Road to Abbots Road
From Abbotts Road to Beech Grove
From Beech Grove to Chestnut Grove
From Chestnut Grove to Galpins Road
1912 street directory
(Clarendon cottage), David JONES
(Clarendon house), William Lawrence DRIVER
John Hunter RIGDEN, timber merchant
(Clarendon works) A. & C. JENNER general engineers
(Laburnham cottage), Mrs. E. BRETT
(Prospect house), Charles HARRIS
(Prospect cottage), William SMALL
(Rose cottage), Miss BURTON
(Hyde villa), Albert John STINTON
(Verandah cottage), Stanley Henry DAVIS
Arthur Mrs. S. laundress (Elm house)
Three Kings P.H. Edwin NEWMAN
George ROSIER, carman
Richard TOWNSEND, confectioner
ALSTON COTTAGES :
1, Thomas BAKER
2, Charles OSBORNE
3, Henry CHILES
4, George Arthur STEWARDSON
5, Mrs IVES
Sidney COX, boot maker
Fernbank Laundry Limited (receiving office)
MAY COTTAGES :
1, James HAYCOCK
2, Henry ELLIS
3, Henry Thomas JAHRNS
Mrs. M. TYLER, greengrocer
OAKLEY COTTAGES:
1, George FORTMAN
2, Mark WHEELER
3, Charles RICHARDSON
… here is Lavender walk …
Richard ROWLAND, shopkeeper
…here are Smith’s buildings …
Beehive P.H. James Frank DELL
(Beehive cottage), P. L. BURGE
Joseph BARTLETT, contractor
Arthur SKILTON, greengrocer
… here is Railway bridge …
… here is Grove Road …
… here is Spencer Road …
WALL LETTER BOX
(Woodlands), Charles Edmund HITCHINGS
(Grove cottage), Henry BIRD
(The Hut), Mrs. LEFTWICH
… here is Cedars avenue …
(Cedar cottage), Thomas PINNOCK
(Oriel cottage), David BEGGS
Potter & Co. Streatham Ltd. gravel pits
… here is Tamworth Park …
(Epworth), William Ernest KEITH
Bentham Davies A. W
(Elmslie), Edward George GIBSON
(Cobdene), Mrs. WALL
(Kendrick), Henry WINBOW
(Dalveen), William Robert GILPIN
(Trevena), Alfred FRENCH
(Trentham), William DALTON
(Alveston), George BENNETT
(South cottage), William Henry SCREETON
TAMWORTH VILLAS:
1, John LEATES
2, Percy H BUSS
3, Thomas Clement GOODMAN
4, Edward GREEN
5, Henry HARTLEY
6, John William HORSFALL
8, William BILLINGTON
9, Samuel AGUTTER
11, Norman NIGHTINGALE
12, Mrs TITE
(Mitre cottage), Frederick COLLINS
Mrs. F. A. ROBINSON confectioner
PILLAR LETTER BOX
… here is Tamworth Lane …
… here is Manor Road …
(Sherwood Lodge), Alfred BONNET
(Norfolk villa) John Joseph BARKER, market gardener
(South Lodge farm) Arthur Ralph DAUNTON, farmer
Tooting Bec Golf Club (J. Wilford Taylor, sec. )(South lodge)
Mitcham Margarine Co. Ltd. (Towers works)
WOODITE VILLAS:
1, Barthelemy ENGEL
2, Frederick E SKINNER
….. here is Windmill Road …
… here is road to Mitcham Junction Railway Station & Common side south.
1938 Commercial directory:
(south side)
10, BRANDIS & Co. Ltd. bakers’ sundriesmen
10, Tower Creameries Ltd. margarine manufacturers
(north side)
23, Frank Ernest PENNEY, Three Kings P.H.
29, Townsend Rd. & sons, coal merchants
31, W. ROSIER, carman
73 – 79, Mrs Mary J, TYLER, shopkeeper
85, T. POSTANCE, Mitcham Stores grocers
95, Leonard Frank UNDERWOOD, cafe
145, Alfred Frank PAYS, Bee Hive P.H.
159, John SPARROWHAWK, marine store dealer
295, Typke & King Ltd. chemical manufacturers, Crown chemical works T A “Valerianic, Mitcham”
325, Mrs Florence A. BECK, shopkeeper
415, R.C. Monty HELLIER, solicitor
World War 2 Connections
No. 269, D. NEWNHAM joined Home Guard on 6th March 1941
Mitcham History Notes 