Edith's Streets

Thames Tributaries – the Norbury Brook flowing to the River Wandle The Norbury Brook continues to flow north west. Post to the north Norbury Park Post to the east Thornton Heath  Braemar Avenue Norbury Brook. The brook passes under the road Brigstock Road Library . Built 1914 with funding from the Carnegie Foundation. Remodelled in 2009. Trumble Gardens . Opened by the council in 1947/8 on the site of bombed houses which bricks were used to build the walls. Named after Alderman Trumble. Bridport Road Norbury Brook runs parallel and at the back of houses on the north side. Carew Road Named for Carew family Thornton Heath Recreation Ground . Bought by the Council initially in 1884 and ten years later another five and a half acres were added. The footpath in the path marks the divide. The bandstand has now been removed, underground tunnels were built during the Second World War for air raid shelters Norbury Brook runs parallel to the road and south of it. Along the weste

Thames Tributaries – The Norbury Brook feeding the River Wandle The Norbury Brook continues to flow north west Post to the west Thornton Heath Post to the south Selhurst Bensham Manor Road St.John’s Congregational Church Beulah Road Bensham Junior School Bensham Close Norbury Brook - cuts off the end of the road. Undergrowth Boswell Road Norbury Brook – crosses the road Brigstock Road Norbury Brook crosses the road and the section of road from Colliers Water Lane to the station was once all Colliers Water Lane. Shree Shakhty Ghanapathy Temple . Hindu 19 The Railway Telegraph . Built 1876. Clock Tower . Erected by Croydon Council in 1900 on what had once been Walker’s Green. In 1987 workmen repairing the Clock Tower had to suspend work following the discovery of an unsuspected underground chamber. The tower was originally built to hold' tramway switch gear. Brook Road St.Andrew's RC church . Built 1970 by Broadbent, Hastings, Reid & Todd. Inside is S

Thames Tributaries – the Norbury Brook feeding to the River Wandle The Brook goes north and west through this area Post to the north Thornton Heath Post to the east Selhurst Atlee Close Ecclesbourne schools . Infant and Primary. Began to be built on this site in 1970. Bensham Lane 304 Lynton House . Cash and carry and light industry Potter & Co . Victorian company which exploited the gravel pits in the area. Bert Road Built as an access road in 1891 Bensham Manor Allotments . Originally this old allotment site was built on an area of gravel pits later used for land fill. It had been part of the land of Whitehorse Farm. The original allotment site was very large and covered most of the area between the cemetery and Brigstock Road. Memorial garden where the ashes of allotment holders can be scattered. Boulogne Road Gravel workings in the area by Croydon Canal Co which were excavated in 1840s and pond over most of it then. 38 Access Ability Centre Youth club Boulogn

Thames Tributaries – the Norbury Brook feeding to the River Wandle The Brook goes north and west through this area Post to the west Selhurst Post to the east Woodside Post to the south Addiscombe Alverston Gardens St.Chad’s Catholic Primary School Brampton Road A path once ran from here to Junction Cottages between the railway lines.¬ This path continued, via a footbridge to Gloucester Road Canal Walk Follows the alignment of the Croydon canal. Housing from the 1990s Dagnall Park 30 plaque to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, which says ‘composer of the "Song of Hiawatha", lived here'. He spent most of his life in the Croydon area but only the first two years of married life here. Plaque erected 1975. Selhurst Early Years Centre Davidson Road The boundary of the rear gardens of houses on the west side marks the towpath of the Croydon Canal. Site of steam pump' that was part of the canal equipment. This area had been lands of Selhurst Farm, later known as

Thames Tributaries – Norbury Brook feeding the River Wandle The Norbury Brook rises just off the Lower Addiscombe Road and flows north and west towards the Wandle The Ravensbourne is fed by water from springs in this area Post to the north Selhurst Post to the east Addiscombe Addiscombe. This means 'Addi’s enclosed land'. As the two places are quite near, it is possible that this is same individual recorded in Addington. The area was built up when land was released by the Royal Military College for the East India Army, whose cadets moved to Woolwich in 1862. Laid out by the British Land Company south of the SER station.  It is now a suburban area to the east of Central Croydon Canning Road Name of the road is for Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning who was Governor General of India 1856-1862 and first Viceroy 1858-1862 and reflects the presence of the East India College. St.Mary Magdalene . A high timber roof and a tower which is a freemason’s symbol while the furnishin

Thames Tributaries – the River Wandle The Wandle continues to flow north and slightly west TQ 26238 70472 Suburban area of Merton along the Wandle.It includes several mill sites and the line of the Surrey Iron Railway Post to the north Haydon's Road Post to the south Merton Abbey Post to the east Colliers Wood Abbey Road 25 Princess Royal a small but friendly Pub, with a pleasantly uncrowded garden area All Saints Road Houses by the Borough Architects Department, R. Hodge and A. Bews, 1978 - The department was disbanded in 1980. All Saints by Micklethwaite & Somers Clarke, built 1891-3 in brick with a bellcote. Battle Close Active Health Club There was a Battle of Merton in 871 but the record does not say which Merton this was, and there are several others. Boundary Road Norfolk Farm Bygrove Road Bygrove name of field. Route of Surrey Iron Railway went between what is now Wandle Park and Bygrove Road. It crossed Bygrove Road at the north end and then fo

Thames Tributaries – the River Wandle The Wandle continues to flow northwards Post to the north Colliers Wood Post to the south Morden Hall Batsworth Road Road name from an old name of ‘Battesworth’ recorded in 1235 and means ‘farm of ‘Baetti'. Bush Essential Oil Works . W J Bush and Co built the works in 186 and moved equipment there from the Figges Marsh works of Potter and Moore. This was for distillation of peppermint, lavender and camomile. This ended in 1957, because stills could only be used for six weeks each year. The Batsworth Road works were closed and demolished in 1977 Cock Chimney Works . Donald Macpherson and Co. paint makers on site in 1965. Bennett’s Ditch Bennett's Ditch . This was used to provide water to Mr Bennet's Calico Print Works, which stood a hundred yards down river in the 1740s. The works later became part of the Liberty Site. There is a sluice gate at the back of Runnymede. Brangwyn Crescent On the site of the Harland Varnish work

Thames Tributaries – the River Wandle The Wandle flows north and west Post to the north Merton Abbey Post to the south St.Helier Belgrave Walk Belgrave walk tram stop . Built 1998 between Mitcham and Phipps Bridge on Croydon Tramlink Benedict Road Surrey Iron Railway Route . The line ran north west from Baron Path to the junction of Church Path and Ravensbury Lane. It then ran parallel with the west side of Benedict Road and then Followed Church Road Benedict First School Central Road 4 The Grange. Regency villa Steel Hawes. Estate on the east side of the road with cottages and a main house. Church Road The road was locally called ‘Iron Road’. The route of the Surrey Iron Railway from Benedict Road followed Church Road Hallowfield way Chemical plant replaced by anaerobic digester Hengelow Avenue Garages – site of Ravensbury Print Works . The print works extended along the north bank of the river, and the site is now occupied by the garages of the Hengelow Garden

Thames Tributaries – the River Wandle The Wandle flows north west through the park Post to the east Mitcham Post to the north Morden Hall Bishopsford Road 250 St.Theresa of the Child Jesus . RC church 1930 by W. C. Mangan. St.Peter's church , 1932, with large mural on the front. Llanthony Road Moreton Green First School Lillishall Road 131 Bishopsford Arts College . Secondary school Moreton Green Montacute Road St.Theresa’s RC Primary School Pollard Road 15 St.Joseph’s Convent Ravensbury Park Small open space on the banks of the Wandle –It has been a park since 1930. The section south of the Wandle has 200 year old Plane trees, as well as Sweet Gums, Chinese Cowtail Pine and Oaks although some trees were lost in the 1987 hurricane. In the bushes around the huts grow Witches Broom whose berries grow on the underside of the leaves. Wandle flows through the park fed by side branches from Watermeads Estate and the Morden Road area. The river widens in what was t

Thames Tributaries – the River Wandle The Wandle continues to flow north Post to the west St.Helier Post to the south St.Helier Cranmer Ditch This watercourse runs east-west . Called after Mr.Cranmer who had a house on what became the Wilson Hospital site. Ellis Road Trading estate road 15 British Bakeries – Premier Foods bakery, produces Hovis and ‘morning goods’. B. Nebbitt scrap metal. Founded 1970. Imperial Fields. Tooting and Mitcham United football ground The Hub with café and bar. London Road Mitcham Bridge . The mill sites lie close to the bridge over the Wandle. There was a bridge here in the 18th which was replaced in 1759 by the local parishes although by 1800 it was a ‘county’ bridge and built of brick. Widened and a pedestrian bridge built in the late 1940s. Parish boundary marker on the centre of the downstream side of the bridge dated 1882 Ford - There was a ford upstream of the bridge before it was built. It was still in use by carters in the 1930s bu