Tag Archives: Whitford Lane

Other Windsor Berry

In 1881, he was a surgeon and medical practitioner. In 1888 he was a divisional surgeon of police at Wimbledon.

In the 1891 and 1896 directories, his father, also called Other Windsor Berry, was listed as living at 7, Glebe Villas, Whitford Lane. His father was still at this address when he died in 1901, as shown in his will. His father left him and his brother £1,352 13s. When Other Windsor Berry died in 1908, he left £5,652 17s. 6d. (£700,000 in 2020 values).

He gave evidence in the murder trial of George Henry Lamson at the Old Bailey, 27th February 1882, who was accused of murdering Percy Malcolm John, a pupil at Blenheim House School at Wimbledon. He said:

I am a surgeon and registered medical practitioner, practising at Wimbledon

— I knew the deceased Percy Malcolm John, and had known him about a year and a half; I had frequently seen him before the 3rd of December — I had attended him for one slight illness in March, 1881, while he was at the school—it was a little skin eruption—in June, 1881, I vaccinated him—those were the only occasions—with the exception of the paralysis of his lower limbs his health I believe was generally good

Source : Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 November 2020), February 1882, trial of GEORGE HENRY LAMSON (29) (t18820227-367).


In 1888, he gave evidence in a trial at the Old Bailey on 2nd July 1888, against Charles Savage, 21, and Elizabeth Thatcher, 18, for robbery with violence on George Northcroft (Policeman V 265), and stealing 1s. 5d. and a silver watch and chain.

he said:

I am divisional surgeon of police at Wimbledon.

— I saw the prosecutor at the station about 1 on this morning — his face was bruised and swollen; the left eye actually closed from a blow — there was a wound from a quarter to half an inch long over his left eye, and abrasions on the cheek and upper lip from scratches—the throat was swollen, with marks of pressure on it — he is still off duty, and has been under my care since that time.

Source : Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 November 2020), July 1888, trial of CHARLES SAVAGE(21) ELIZABETH THATCHER(18) (t18880702-707).

Extracts from the Old Bailey Proceedings project, courtesy of Tim Hitchcock, Robert Shoemaker, Clive Emsley, Sharon Howard and Jamie McLaughlin, et al., The Old Bailey Proceedings Online, 1674-1913 (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 7.0, 24 March 2012).

Queen Anne’s Bounty

To help with the income of poor clergy, the Queen Anne’s Bounty was a sum of money used to buy land. This land was then rented out and this rental income was used to support the clergy.

In 1734, £200 of this Royal Bounty was used to buy an area of land from Charles Dubois in Mitcham, to support the vicar at the parish church.

Source: An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by “The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy” published in 1856, by Christoper Hodgson, M.A.

Source: An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by “The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy” published in 1856, by Christoper Hodgson, M.A.

Eric Montague, in his Mitcham Histories : 12 Church Street and Whitford Lane, page 107, said that more land was bought in 1762 from Mary Gellibrand.

This OS map of 1867 shows areas marked as ‘Glebe’. Note that the London Road was, as shown on this map, known as Whitford Lane.

1867 OS map

1867 OS map

Later, parts of this land was sold off to developers to build houses. Montague, page 108, ibid., said that in 1790 a substantial plot was sold to build a house which became Glebelands.

In the Land Registry title for a house in Preshaw Crescent for example, a conveyance was made in 1897:

A Conveyance of the land in this title and other land dated 2 September 1897 made between (1) The Reverend Frederick Wilson Clerk (the Incumbent) (2) The Governors of The Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of The Maintenance of The Poor Clergy (the Governors) (3) The Right Reverend Father in God Edward Stuart (the Ordinary) (4) Francis Charles Simpson (the Patron) (5) The Right Honourable and Most Reverend Frederick By Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (the Archbishop) and (6) Richard Arthur Bush (the Purchaser) contains covenants details of which are set out in the schedule of restrictive covenants hereto.

See also Queen Anne’s Bounty on wikipedia.


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