Lower Morden
Lower Morden | |
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![]() Shops in Merton, Lower Morden, in 1997 | |
Location withinGreater London | |
Population | 9,090 (2011 Census. Ward)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ238670 |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MORDEN |
Postcode district | SM4 |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | SW20 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Lower Mordenis an area within the district ofMordenin south west corner of theLondon Borough of Merton,to the west ofMorden Parkand south ofRaynes Park.
History
[edit]Until it was absorbed by thesuburbanexpansion of the 1930s, thehamletof Lower Morden was a small rural farming community within theparishof Morden approximately half a mile to the west of the main village situated at the top of the hill. Lower Morden had grown up around thevillage greenand theBeverleyandPylBrooks.
In the 1870s, the main properties of Lower Morden were Morden Farm (close to the modern school of the same name and on the site of Hatfeild School), Peacock Farm (now covered by Cranmer Close and Cardinal Avenue) and Hobalds Farm. Close by was MordenCommon.
Today nothing of the original hamlet remains except perhaps a few ancient trees and old field boundary lines followed by the alignments of the roads that were to replace them. The first major development was the establishment in 1891 of Battersea New Cemetery (nowMorden Cemetery) on land adjacent to Hobalds Farm to the north of Green Lane. The loss of Morden Common followed, its area now occupied by the Merton & Sutton Joint Cemetery and the Garth Road Industrial Estate. Garth Road is named afterthe Garth family,Lords of the Manorfrom the mid 16th century to the late 19th century.
Up to theSecond World Warthe marshy land either side of the Pyl Brook now used as playing fields was cow pasture. The majority of residential development took place in the late 1930s withmock Tudor stylehouses being built between Morden Park and Stonecot Hill and north between Grand Drive, Hillcross Avenue and Cannon Hill Lane.
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Demography
[edit]The Lower Morden ward had one of the lowest crime rates in Greater London in the 2014/15 period.[2]
Sport and recreation
[edit]Lower Morden has aKing George's Fieldin memorial toKing George V.
References
[edit]- ^"Merton Ward population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved11 October2016.
- ^"Ward Profiles and Atlas – London Datastore".
External links
[edit]- Hatfeild Primary School(named afterGilliat Hatfeild,last Lord of the Manor of Morden).
- Ordnance Survey Map Lower Morden in 1871.