Tag Archives: Streatham Road

The Driftway

Road off east side of Streatham Road, north of Sandy Lane, built in 1933/34. From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District Council, volume 17, page 574:

Road leading to Mitcham Wanderers Football Ground. Read letter from My. E. J. Peacock stating that he thought the question of the name of this road should be left to the Highways Committee of the Council. Resolved, That this road be named “The Driftway”.

1952 OS map

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

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.