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Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in Southwest London, England. It is centred 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross . Originally a village in the county of Surrey , today it is mainly a residential suburb , and includes Mitcham Common .
View of Mitcham Commons Map of Mitcham Common. Mitcham Common is 182 hectares (460 acres) of common land situated in south London. [1] It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling the borders of Croydon and Sutton. [2] It is designated a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. [3]
A lot of filming for former ITV police drama The Bill took place in Merton, particularly in the districts of Mitcham and Colliers Wood. The set of Sun Hill police station was also located in the Borough. Ray Austin, born at 9 Abbey Rd Merton on the 5 December 1932, is an English television and film director, television writer, novelist and ...
The coat of arms of the municipal borough were granted in 1934 and defined as: . Shield. A pale vert (green central vertical band), representing the green of Mitcham.The centre has a fess wavy argent (silver wavy horizontal band) charged with a barulet wavy azure (blue narrow wavy bar) to indicate the ford of north Mitcham, which was once known as Whitford.
It is bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden, Cheam and Cuddington (Worcester Park and rest of Motspur Park) to the south and (New) Malden to the west. The 1871 Ordnance Survey map records its area as 1,764.7 acres (7.1 km 2) (2.7 sq mi). The parish was and is centred on the 12th-century parish church of St Mary in ...
Mitcham is a town in the London Borough of Merton, London, England. Mitcham may also refer to: Places. Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency) ...
Mitcham Junction is a National Rail station served by Southern and Thameslink trains. It also has a Tramlink stop. [ 5 ] It is in the London Borough of Merton and is in Travelcard Zone 4 .
To assist the local industries, the world's first railway line, the Surrey Iron Railway opened in 1803 and ran up what is now Christchurch Road. The line closed in 1838. The line closed in 1838. Merton Abbey, as a residential suburb, was developed in the 1930s, sitting to the south of the Liberty Print Works and Merton Board Mills.