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
"The death" to which this inscription refers is Nelson's, so the gift was mad...
Sadashivrao Nanasaheb Deshmukh was elected to the London Borough of Camden as a Labour Party candidate in 1990 in the Bloomsbury Ward. He was re-elected to the council in 1994 serving in the South ...
Labour politician. Born at 240 Ferndale Road, Brixton (from Oxford Dictionary of Biography; Wikipedia differs). Leader of the London County Council, 1934–1940. As Minister of Supply briefly in 1940...
Hon. Secretary of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909. Possibly cousin to Caroline Bridgeman.
Born Dublin to a wealthy Anglo-Irish family. Opposed to war with America and during his 7 months as Prime Minister he granted independence to the American Colonies. George III called him "the Jesui...
Corps Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1889-1892.
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