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Eveline Road

Road that connects Mortimer Road at its western end to its eastern end to London Road, where Streatham Road and Locks Lane meet.

1953 OS map

Originally called Prospect Road according to a footnote in a 1957 article on a human skull being found in a coal shed.

Older sign for Eveline Road, photo taken 3rd July 2020.

The houses are numbered odd on the south side, ascending from the eastern, London Road end, and even on the north side.

There is an allotment between the north side and Lavender Avenue, which is accessible from London Road. It is one of the 18 such allotment sites run by Merton Council.

On the south side, between numbers 47 and 49, is Plummer Lane, which leads to Bond Road.

Industries

W.E. Horsman, Son & Co., Iron Foundry
Light industrial unit at no. 32

Occupants from Street Directories

1910-1911

Eveline road, from 6 Eveline villas, London road.

NORTH SIDE

1, Mrs SIDDERS
2, Mrs McCAIG
6, Henry S. SAMME
8, Rev. Geo. ROBINSON

SOUTH SIDE

3, George HILLS
5, John Ernest EVERETT
9, Charles APLIN

1915

Eveline road, from 6 Eveline villas, London road.

NORTH SIDE

1, Noah BLAKE
2, W. GLOVER
4, George H. EARL
6, Mrs G. DALE
8, Carey KELHAM
10, Mrs BROWN

SOUTH SIDE

3, George HILLS
5, John Ernest EVERETT
7, Mrs SMITH
9, Henry HILLIER

1925

Eveline road, from 5 Eveline villas, London road.

SOUTH SIDE

3, George Horace BROOKMAN
5, Charles Robert William JORDAN
7, Miss ROGERS
9, Thomas HILLIER
11, Samuel H. SAUNDERS; Roland Charles DUNKLEY
13, Mrs ROGERSON
15, Victor A. SAUNDERS, insurance agent
17, Henry COLES
23, Frederick John BUSH
W.E. Horsman, Son & Co., sanitary engineers

NORTH SIDE

26, Charles MAYHEW
24, George William RUSE
22, Mrs BENNETT
20, John Edward BLUMIRE
18, Leonard Arthur COLES
16, Charles Henry J. SIVIOUR
14, Edward John HARVEY
12, Arnold L. BESEKE
10, Charles Frederick BROOKMAN
8, Carey KELHAM
6, Mrs Ellen DALE
4, George EARL
2, William GLOVER
1, Noah BLAKE


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

Rose Nursery

A weatherboarded cottage that was in Tramway Path.

From the 1911 commercial directory:

Arthur George & Ephraim SIMMONS, florists, Tramway path, Lower Mitcham

The 1915 street directory names the cottage:

Tramway Path, from London Road, Lower Mitcham

George THOMPSON, florist (Station Nursery)
Ephraim SIMMONS, florist (Rose Nursery)

The cottage is shown on this 1953 OS map:

1953 OS map

1953 OS map

An area in the south ward called Simmons’ Land was recorded in UDC minutes of 1917 as being of 13 acres. This land was used for allotments during the war. From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council, volume III, 1917 to 1918, 19th June, 1917, page 52.

Agnes Clarrissa Simmons, the daughter of Arthur George Simmons, married Private Percy John Hale in February 1916. She lived with her parents in Elmwood Road.


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


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.