Merton was an ancient parish in the Brixton Hundred of Surrey. It was bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden to the south and Kingston upon Thames to the west. In 1907 it became Merton Urban District which evolved into the London Borough of Merton.
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Merton Parish Council
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Politician. President of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909.
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Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.
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