A terrace of 30 houses between Lavender Walk and the Beehive pub. The houses were numbered sequentially, from 1 to 15 on the west side and from 16 to 30 on the east side. Demolished in 1936.

According to the 1910 Ownership Electors, numbers 1 to 15 were owned by Edward Smith of Muswell Hill, London, and numbers 16 to 30 by Richard Christopher Smith of Newlands, Manor Road, West Worthing.

In the 1927 electoral register the houses are still numbered 1 to 30 but in the next year’s register, i.e. for 1928, the houses have been renumbered from 85 to 143 as all odd numbers, replacing 1 to 30 consecutive.

Referred to in 1934 Health Report as a Clearance Area under the 1930 Housing Act:

CLEARANCE AREA No. 8. A row of back-to-back cottages known as 85 – 143 (odd numbers) Smiths Buildings, Commonside East. An objection having been made to this Order a local inquiry was held on April 24, 1934. The Order was confirmed.

Source: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham, Wellcome Trust (PDF), page 33

1934 aerial views from Historic England

Occupants from the 1925 street directory:

West Side

Number	Title	Forenames	Surname
1	Mrs		Brown
2	Mr	Harry	Purkiss
3	Mr	William	Bowling
4	Mrs		Gilbert
5	Mr	John	Bowling
6	Mr	Frederick	Wallace
7	Mr	Arthur	Blake
8	Mr	Albert George	Beadle
9	Mr	Frederick Chas	Harrison
10	Mr	John	Sparrowhawke
11	Mrs		Tegg
12	Mr	James	Smith
13	Mr	Charles Henry	Wilkes
14	Mrs		Green
15	Mr	Thomas	Miles

East Side

Number	Title	Forenames	Surname
16	Mrs		Miles
17	Mr	George	Mountain
18	Mrs	S	Brown
19	Mr	Thomas William	Dolby
20	Mrs		Towers
21	Mr	Frank	Haywood
22	Mrs		Fletcher
23	Mr	Alfred	Kilby
24	Mr	Alfred William	Green
25	Mr	Frederick	Laight
26	Mr	John Richard	Steers
27	Mrs		Hussey
28	Mrs		Dawson
29	Mrs		Elliott
30	Mr	Frederick Chas	Redmayne

World War 1 Connections
Private David James Elliott

Mr George Mountain is mentioned in a news article of 1929 about two Lonesome school teachers crashing a car.

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