Lower Morden

Lower Morden
Lower Morden  Lower Morden shown within Greater London
Population	9,090 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ238670
London borough	Merton
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
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
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Mitcham and Morden Wimbledon
London Assembly	Merton and Wandsworth
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Coordinates: 51°23′18″N 0°13′11″W / 51.3884°N 0.2198°W / 51.3884; -0.2198

Lower Morden is an area within the district of Morden in south west corner of the London Borough of Merton, to the west of Morden Park and south of Raynes Park.

History

Until it was absorbed by the suburban expansion of the 1930s, the hamlet of Lower Morden was a small rural farming community within the parish of 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 the village green and the Beverley and Pyl Brooks.

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 Morden Common.

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 (now Morden 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 after the Garth family, Lords of the Manor from the mid 16th century to the late 19th century.

Up to the Second World War the 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 with mock Tudor style houses being built between Morden Park and Stonecot Hill and north between Grand Drive, Hillcross Avenue and Cannon Hill Lane.

A map of Lower Morden from the 1920s

A map of Lower Morden from 1944

Sport and recreation

Lower Morden has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.

References

External links

• Hatfeild Primary School (named after Gilliat Hatfeild, last Lord of the Manor of Morden).
• Ordnance Survey Map Lower Morden in 1871.

London Borough of Merton
Districts	Bushey Mead Cannon Hill Colliers Wood Copse Hill Cottenham Park Crooked Billet Lower Morden Merton Merton Abbey Merton Park Mitcham Morden Morden Park Motspur Park New Malden Norbury Pollards Hill Raynes Park St Helier South Wimbledon Streatham Vale Summerstown West Barnes Wimbledon Wimbledon Park
Attractions	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Merton Abbey Mills Merton Priory Museum of Wimbledon New Wimbledon Theatre Southside House Wandle Industrial Museum Wandle Trail Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Theatre Wimbledon Windmill
Parks and open spaces	Cannizaro Park Cannon Hill Common Lavender Park Mitcham Common Morden Hall Park Ravensbury Park Wimbledon Common Wimbledon Park
Constituencies	Mitcham and Morden Wimbledon
Tube, rail stations and tram stops	Belgrave Walk Colliers Wood Dundonald Road Haydons Road Merton Park Mitcham Mitcham Eastfields Mitcham Junction Morden Morden South Morden Road Motspur Park Phipps Bridge Raynes Park St Helier South Merton South Wimbledon Tooting Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase Wimbledon Park
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings Parks and open spaces People Public art Schools