A short road off north side of Lavender Avenue, built in 1920/1. There were originally 2 semi-detached houses on each side of the road, numbered 1 and 3 on the right-hand, east, side and 2 and 4 on the left-hand, west, side. 2A and 4A were added in the 2000s/2010s. All houses have the postcode CR4 3HT.

1934 OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY

This ad from November 1922 refers to the road as one of the new streets opposite Figges Marsh:

Streatham News – Friday 10 November 1922

SHORTHAND and Typewriting Taught, evenings, £1 1s. per term of 12 weeks, two lessons per week, Weekly payments of 2s. arranged.—Miss Lewis, 4 Camomile-avenue, London-road (one of the new strects opnosice Figg’s Marsh), Mitcham.

Occupants listed in the 1925 street directory, from Lavender Avenue to Biggin Avenue:

WEST SIDE

2, Ernest David ASH
4, Miss LEWIS

EAST SIDE

3, Henry Edward GENT
1, Mark BAILEY

Newspaper Articles

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail – Tuesday 20 October 1931

CAR DASHES INTO CHILDREN. Swerve on to Path. TWO DEAD AND TWO BADLY HURT.

A party of five Mitcham (Surrey) children — all girls — walking home after attending class at St. Mark’s parish room, Mitcham, last night, were knocked down in London Road by a motor-car which mounted the pavement. One, Peggy Holbrow, (10), of Biggin Avenue, was killed instantly, while Irene Nash (9), of Camomile Avenue, Mitcham, died in hospital at 12.45. Two other girls were detained in hospital with severe injuries. The car, it is said, was being driven between a tram and an omnibus when it suddenly swerved on to the pavement and struck the children. Several other children had narrow escapes. The car finally crashed into a wall and was badly damaged. Chas Henry Pratt (18), described as motor driver of Graham Villas, Sutton Common Road, Sutton, Surrey, was charged at Croydon County Police Court. He was further charged with driving on bail until November 3. on bail until November 3.

The name of the road was suggested in a Housing Committee meeting of the Mitcham Urban District Council, dated 7th September 1920, volume V, page 202. It was part of the post-WW1 housing scheme on London Road, which included Lavender Avenue, Rose Avenue, Poplar Avenue and Biggin Avenue.