Mertsham

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MARCH
22
2016
Merstham is a largely residential dispersed village in four sections in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, and lying near to the M23 and M25 motorways.

Merstham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Merstan and held by Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury.

The original parish church, St. Katharine's, dates from around 1220; it replaced an earlier church built c. 1100, although it is believed there has been a church of some form on the site since c. 675 AD.

The area has long been known for its quarries, and it was to serve these that the village became the terminus of the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway, an extension of the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway of 1803, the world's first public railway, albeit only for goods. A small section of the railway is on display at the entrance to Quality Street, Old Merstham. Unfortunately, this section has now been taken.

The first mines at Merstham are recorded almost 1000 years ago in the Domesday Book and 'Reigate stone' quarried there was used to build parts of Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and Henry VIII's doomed palace of Nonsuch in Surrey. The use of dynamite was first demonstrated by Alfred Nobel in Price's Grey-lime Stone chalk quarry in July 1868.

The original Merstham station at was located 3/4 mile south of the current station. It was opened by the L&BR on 1 December 1841.

Merstham's conservation area is centred on its High Street which winds in the village centre to the northwest, forms part of the A23 road and includes many listed buildings; the street with the greatest number, Quality Street, arcs off at a tangent from this curve of the High Street. This was named after J.M. Barrie's play of the same name, in honour of two of the actors in the play, Ellaline Terris and Seymour Hicks, who for a time lived in the 'Old Forge' at the end of the street.

After World War II, the Merstham Estate was gradually built over a period spanning until the early 1970s.


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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY STREETS
Alderstead Lane, RH1 Alderstead Lane is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Ashcombe Road, RH1 Ashcombe Road is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Beech Road, RH1 Beech Road is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Church Hill, RH1 Church Hill is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Crossways Lane, RH2 Crossways Lane is a road in the RH2 postcode area (Mertsham)
Dean Lane, RH1 Dean Lane is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Gatton Bottom, RH1 Gatton Bottom is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Harps Oak Lane, RH1 Harps Oak Lane is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Harps Oak Lane, RH1 Harps Oak Lane is a road in the CR5 postcode area (Mertsham)
High Road, RH2 High Road is a road in the RH2 postcode area (Mertsham)
Home Field Farm, RH2 A street within the RH2 postcode
Jolliffe Road, RH1 Jolliffe Road is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Lime Works Road, RH1 Lime Works Road is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
London Road North, RH1 London Road North is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
London Road, RH1 A street within the RH1 postcode (Mertsham)
Markedge Lane, RH1 Markedge Lane is a road in the RH2 postcode area (Mertsham)
Markedge Lane, RH1 Markedge Lane is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Pilgrims’ Way, RH1 Pilgrims’ Way is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Rockshaw Road, RH1 Rockshaw Road is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Shepherd’s Hill, RH1 Shepherd’s Hill is a road in the RH1 postcode area (Mertsham)
Shepherds Hill, RH1 A street within the RH1 postcode (Mertsham)
Upper Gatton, RH2 A street within the RH2 postcode (Mertsham)


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