Merton Genealogical Records
Merton Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Raynes Park St Saviour, Merton and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present. Records can include name of child, parents' names, residence, occupations and more.
Baptism registers are the primary source for birth documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date a child was baptised, their parents' names and more.
Baptism registers are the primary source for birth documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date a child was baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around St Mary, Merton and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Merton Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage records from people who married at Raynes Park, St Saviour, Merton between 1907 and 1937. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature
Marriage records from people who married at Merton between 1787 and 1842. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
Details on those who married at St Mary, Merton between 1787 and 1905. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in St Mary, Merton. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Merton Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at St James, Merton, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1959 to 1987. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at St Mary, Merton. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Merton. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Records of burial for people buried at St Mary, Merton between 1692 and 1817. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Merton Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Lists of those registered to vote in London, including their residence and sometimes other supplementary details. Useful for tracing families in between censuses and can be used as a post-1911 census substitute, as listings are ordered by residence. A name index connected to original images.
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Newspapers Covering Merton
A local paper including news from the London area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Shoreditch area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the London area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the New Windsor district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A regional paper including news from the Surrey area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Merton Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey. These records can help trace families back to the 17th century.
Transcripts of wills, predominately from Surrey, but also other counties in the south east. Names of 10,000s of people occurring in these wills have been indexed.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
Summaries of names mentioned in around 29,000 wills, including relatives and witnesses.
Merton Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Merton Military Records
Contains an alphabetical list of men from Wimbledon and Merton who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. Also includes notes of activities in Wimbledon and Merton.
Transcriptions of 85,000 attestation documents for men who signed up for military service in Surrey. Records contain details on a conscripts age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and more.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Merton Court & Legal Records
Original images of a vast array of documents detailing the administration of the dependant poor in London. Including: school registers, rate books, removals, settlements, apprenticeships, criminal records, legal records and more.
An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and voting qualification of those registered to vote. Contains around 14.5 million entries.
An index to and images of calendars of prisoners presented before Quarter Sessions and Assize. They may list name, age, occupation, name of accuser, crime accused, trial date, warrant date verdict, sentence and more.
An index to 10,000s of names linked to summaries of legal proceedings relating to crimes, licencing, local administration and more.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Merton Taxation Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Merton Land & Property Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Merton Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Place-by-place listings of private and commercial residents, supplemented with descriptions of the settlement.
Merton Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Merton Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Merton Histories & Books
Contains an alphabetical list of men from Wimbledon and Merton who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. Also includes notes of activities in Wimbledon and Merton.
A journal containing several thousand articles on all manner of structures and antiquities in the county.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling historical work, describing the county and its settlements. It contains around 1.2 million words across five volumes.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Merton School & Education Records
Records or admission and discharge for over 1 million pupils attending over 800 state schools in London. Records are indexed by name linked to original images of the registers; and may contain details on the pupil's parents, date of birth, residence, parent's occupations and scholastic history.
Details of 3,600 students of a grammar school in Southwark, Surrey; now part of London. Entries include name, year of birth, birth order, date of admission, parents' names, address and a reference to original records.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Merton Occupation & Business Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
A list containing the names of almost 33,000 tradesmen who swore an oath to King William, of Orange.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Merton
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Merton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a mid 17th century heraldic visitation of Surrey. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Merton Church Records
The parish registers of Merton provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1692 to 1817. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1692.
The parish registers of Merton are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
An index connected to original images of over 100 early Surrey parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Middlesex, Essex and Kent.
The parish registers of Surrey are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1533 and 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1533.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Biographical Directories Covering Merton
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Merton Maps
Detailed maps of London and 125 other places in the vicinity.
A map charting London and 25 miles round.
Extremely detailed maps, charting features from roads to drains. Includes property boundaries.
A map plotting settlements, roads, railways and parks.
A map delineating the boundaries of the counties parishes, areas designated by the church of England.
Merton Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Merton, formerly written Moreton and Meretune, probably derived from Mere, signifying either a lake or a boundary. There is some marshy ground near the river Wandle, which was formerly perhaps more extensive.
Mr. Lysons gives the following interesting account of the foundation of Merton Abbey. "Henry the First having given the manor of Merton to Gilbert Norman, sheriff of Surrey, this person, in 1115, built a convent of Wood at this place Having done so, he requested and obtained the king’s patronage for accomplishing the work. He then applied to the prior of some regular canons, who had long flourished in St. Mary’s church at Huntingdon, and promising to become a benefactor to that fraternity, besought his assistance, and desired that he would suffer Robert Bayle, his subprior, to superintend the new establishment. This request being granted, he conducted Bayle to Merton, and delivered up to him the newly-erected convent, of which he was constituted prior, giving him at the same time two plough lands, a mill of 60 shillings rent, and some villeins; and promising, if he could obtain the king’s licence, to settle the whole of the manor upon the convent. It was not long before persons from various parts of England not only bestowed their goods upon the new monastery, but also took upon them the religious habit there. The founder brought the prelates and nobles of the land to see the place, and recommended the institution to their patronage. Among others Queen Matilda came to see the convent, and was pleased to express a great interest in its welfare. The prior, after having resided there two years, began to be dissatisfied with the situation, thinking the present site of the monastery better adapted to religious retirement; but he had some scruples about making his opinion known, as the founder had already been at so great an expence. The sheriff, however, soon heard of the prior’s inclinations, which he immediately resolved to gratify, and began to remove the convent with all possible expedition; a wooden chapel was soon built, and consecrated by William Gifford, Bishop of Winchester, who was entertained with great cost at the founder’s house. Some of the cells and a part of the cloisters were at the same time removed. The prior, who had now resided at Merton two years and five months, went in procession, with fifteen brethren, to the new convent, singing "Salve dies, "the founder himself being present at the solemnity, accompanied with an immense crowd. Gilbert, as before, brought the nobles of the land to see the new building, and presents soon flowed in apace. Some brought clothes, others wheat, cheese, wine, &c. Queen Matilda came again to visit the prior in his new habitation, and brought with her the prince her son, that she might interest him for the welfare of the monastery, if he should ever become king. The death of Matilda, which happened the same year, and the unfortunate catastrophe of Prince William, which followed soon after, acted as a severe blow to the convent, and threatened effectually to impede its rising glory, especially as the king, who was averse to the settlement of lands upon religious houses, refused to consent to the founder’s giving them the manor. About this time an expedition to the Holy Land was in agitation, and a meeting of the nobles and prelates was to be held at Winchester. It was the founder’s proposal, therefore, that a sum of money should be raised by the convent, amounting to 100 pounds of silver, and six marks of gold, and presented to the king at this seasonable juncture, with a view of procuring his consent. The greater part of this sum the founder contributed himself, and accompanied the prior to Winchester; their journey was successful, and they returned with the king’s charter of confirmation: this was in the year 1121. On their return the founder assembled all the men of the village into the convent, and surrendered the manor, with all the villeins belonging thereunto, to the prior and convent, which then consisted of twenty-three brethren. In the year 1130 Merton Abbey was first built of stone; the founder himself laid the first stone with great solemnity, the prior laid down the second, and the brethren, thirty-six in number, each one. The founder died the same year, on the calends of August, and was Buried within the walls of the convent, where there was a monument to his memory. The manuscript, from which the foregoing account is taken, informs us that he was born in Normandy and bred a soldier. The splendour and magnificence in which he lived is highly spoken of; and his hospitality is said to have been so great that his doors were constantly kept open, that every one who wished might find ready access, and be entertained according to his rank." The canons entered the new convent in 1136.
In the year 1236, a parliament was held in Merton Abbey, wherein were enacted the statutes which take their name from that place. In this house also was concluded the peace between Henry III. and the Dauphin of France, through the mediation of Gualo, the Pope’s legate.
At the dissolution of the monastery its revenues were valued at 957l. 19s. 4 1/2d. The prior had a seat in parliament as a mitred Abbot. The site of the abbey was granted by Queen Mary to the priory at Shene. After the dissolution of that monastery, it was kept for some time in the hands of the crown. It was afterwards granted by Queen Elizabeth to Gregory Lovel.
During the Civil Wars, the abbey appears to have been used as a garrison. In the year 1680, Merton Abbey was advertised to be let, and was described as containing several large rooms, and a very fine chapel. At present there is no other vestige of the conventual buildings than the east window of a chapel of crumbling stone, which seems from the style of the architecture to have been built in the fifteenth century. The walls which once surrounded the abbey extend about thirty-six acres, and were constructed of flint.
Within those that remain are the calico printing works and bleaching grounds of Messrs. Simpson and Newton, and Mr. Dennet; hence the Wandle passes to Mr. Lee’s ground, and then to the copper- works of Messrs. Shears and Son, where it traverses the right side of the high road, and unites with its back waters at Merton Bridge, which is the boundary of the three parishes of Mitcham, Merton, and Wimbledon. Aged persons remember some stone coffins dug up within the precincts of this abbey about sixty years ago.
Merton Church is built of flints, and consists of a nave and chancel. The breadth is very disproportionate to the length. In the chancel walls are pointed arches, in the centre of which are narrow windows with sharp points. On the north side is a door, with a semicircular arch, round which are zig-zag mouldings; at the west end is a low spire. This church was erected early in the twelfth century, by Gilbert Norman, the founder of the abbey, who adorned it with pictures and images. Before this time the inhabitants were obliged to carry their dead to the adjacent villages. In the chancel window are some remains of painted glass, amongst which are to be seen the arras of England, and those of the priory of Merton. Against the north wall of the church hangs a large picture, representing Christ bearing the cross, which appears to have been a good painting. There are several ancient monuments, and in the church-yard, amongst others, a memorial for Mr. Francis Nixon, of Merton Abbey, who died in 1768. He is said, in his epitaph, to have been the first who perfected copper-plate calico printing.
MERTON, the “Merantune” of the Chroniclers, is a very ancient parish and village, situated near the river Wandle and the Epson road, 5 miles east from Kingston, 5 ½ north-west from Croydon and 7 ¾ from Westminster bridge, in the North Eastern division of the county, Brixton hundred, Croydon union and county court district, Kingston Highway Board, petty sessional division of Wandsworth, rural deanery of Beddington, archdeaconry of Kingston and diocese of Rochester: there are four stations within the parish, one on the Wimbledon and Dorking line, two on the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon line and one (Morden) on the Croydon and Wimbledon branch. The village is lighted with gas by the Mitcham and Wimbledon Gas Co. and supplied with water by the Lambeth Water Works Co. The church of St. Mary, built circa 1115, is a structure principally of black flint, in the Early English style, with a Norman north door-way, and formerly consisted of a long and narrow chancel and nave, with a belfry at the west end surmounted by a low spire and containing 3 bells: in 1866 it was restored and reseated, when aisles, organ chamber and vestry were added: the stained east window is a memorial to Richard Thornton esq.: there are also four other stained windows, one to the wife of the late Rev. J.F. Fixsen, erected by the parishioners and friends, another to his only son, and two more erected in 1882: in the south wall of the chancel is a tomb with coloured figures to Gregory Lovell esq. of Merton Abbey, and cofferer to Queen Elizabeth, ob. 15 March, 1597: in the north aisle there is a small monument, erected by the widow of Captain Cook, the great circumnavigator; and in the churchyard are the tombs of Francis Nixon, “the first who perfected copper-plate calico printing,” d. 1768; Dorcas, wife of James Lackington, the eminent bookseller, d. 1795; and to William Rutlish, embroiderer to Charles II. d. 1687: hanging in the vestry of the church is a large picture, recently restored, of “Christ Bearing the Cross,” and either the work of Luca Jordano, or a copy from one by him: there are 500 sittings. The parish register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £180, including fees, with residence and 2 ½ acres of glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Robinson, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Edwin Alfred Kempson M.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Here is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1838, with 500 sittings, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel seating 250 persons. A Burial Board of six members was formed 1875. The charities for the parish amount to £1,000 yearly, which includes the interest on £1,000 left by Richard Thornton esq. in 1865, and an apprenticeship fund of £500 a year, left by William Rutlish in 1678: these sums are distributed in clothes, bread and coals, regard being had to the intentions of the donors. There are six almshouses in a state of dilapidation, the title having been disputed. The illustrious Nelson, with Sir William and Lady Hamilton, lived for some time at Merton Place, during the years 1801—5: the widow of Captain Cook also long lived in the village. Merton College, the residence of Alfred G. de Chastelain esq. is an Elizabethan mansion with very handsome entrance gates of iron, between tall stone piers, and was for some time the residence of Richard Brinsley Sheridan M.P, Merton has at various times been the scene of some remarkable events: in 784 Cynewulf, king of Wessex, was murdered here: in 871 King Ethelred and his brother Alfred fought here a long and sanguinary battle with the Danes, in which Ethelred was killed. The priory was founded in 1117 by Gilbert Norman, sheriff of Surrey, and re-founded by Queen Matilda in 1130; and it was here that Walter de Merton and Thomas a Becket were both educated: at the Dissolution, its revenues, according to Lysons, were valued at £957 19s. 4 ½d. In 1236 a Parliament was held here and the well-known “Statutes of Merton” were passed, by which the assembled barons refused to accept the Canon law, which the ecclesiastical power was anxiously seeking to introduce, saying in reply to their opponents “Nolumus leges Angliae mutari.” Merton Priory, with that of Calwich, Staffordshire, was exchanged by Henry VIII. for the manor of East Molesey. The lands formerly belonging to the Priory have been in private hands since its dissolution; of the building itself only some walls now remain, but Vertue, writing in the early part of the 18th century, describes a chapel as then entire, of which the east window was existing in 1827; the site is now occupied by a silk-printing factory; the chronicles of the Priory are preserved in the Bodleian Library. Merton was the birthplace of the distinguished prelate Walter de Merton, founder of the colleges at Malden and Oxford; he was in holy orders so early as 1237, and uniting the clerical with the legal profession, speedily became eminent in the courts of law and in 1260 was made Lord High Chancellor, a dignity to which he was re-appointed in 1261 and 1274, in which latter year he became Bishop of Rochester and resigned the seals to Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells; his death was premature and disastrous; for, venturing to cross a river in his diocese (some say the Medway) where there was no bridge, he fell into the stream, and surviving the accident but a short time, died October 27th, 1277, and was buried in Rochester Cathedral, where his tomb, erected by Jean de Limoges for £40 5s. 6d. still remains. John Innes esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are H.R.H, the Duke of Cambridge K.G. Charles Blake, James Page, John Innes and John Mackrell esqrs. The soil is part heavy and part light; subsoil, sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, garden produce and grass. The area is 1,764 acres; rateable value, £24,760; the population in 1881 was 2,480.
Schools
Central, built in 1870, the first stone being laid by the late Right Rev. Samuel Wilberforce D.D. Bishop of Winchester, & endowed with £10,000, left by will in 1865 by Richard Thornton esq. of this place; it will hold 150 boys, as many girls & 100 infants; average attendance, 170 boys, 130 girls & 102 infants.
Abbey Road (infants), built in 1856, for 100 children; average attendance, 93.
Most Common Surnames in Merton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Brixton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 54 | 1:46 | 0.26% | 1 |
| 2 | Francis | 23 | 1:109 | 1.91% | 143 |
| 3 | Clark | 20 | 1:125 | 0.37% | 7 |
| 3 | King | 20 | 1:125 | 0.38% | 8 |
| 5 | Chapman | 17 | 1:147 | 0.60% | 42 |
| 5 | Langsdon | 17 | 1:147 | 50.00% | 5,213 |
| 7 | Young | 16 | 1:156 | 0.50% | 33 |
| 7 | Barnes | 16 | 1:156 | 0.69% | 62 |
| 7 | Mears | 16 | 1:156 | 5.90% | 788 |
| 10 | Nichols | 15 | 1:167 | 2.29% | 305 |
| 10 | Meek | 15 | 1:167 | 8.43% | 1,183 |
| 10 | Roots | 15 | 1:167 | 9.68% | 1,352 |
| 10 | Buddin | 15 | 1:167 | 93.75% | 9,272 |
| 14 | Corke | 14 | 1:179 | 15.22% | 2,207 |
| 15 | Streetfield | 13 | 1:192 | 81.25% | 9,272 |
| 16 | Simpson | 12 | 1:208 | 0.82% | 110 |
| 16 | Chandler | 12 | 1:208 | 0.75% | 102 |
| 16 | Hook | 12 | 1:208 | 2.22% | 383 |
| 19 | Brown | 11 | 1:227 | 0.13% | 2 |
| 19 | Thomas | 11 | 1:227 | 0.38% | 40 |
| 19 | Mitchell | 11 | 1:227 | 0.39% | 41 |
| 19 | West | 11 | 1:227 | 0.44% | 55 |
| 19 | Welch | 11 | 1:227 | 1.34% | 231 |
| 19 | Maunders | 11 | 1:227 | 31.43% | 5,079 |
| 19 | Eleton | 11 | 1:227 | 100.00% | 12,297 |
| 26 | Jenkins | 10 | 1:250 | 0.87% | 149 |
| 26 | Harvey | 10 | 1:250 | 0.62% | 100 |
| 26 | Elliott | 10 | 1:250 | 0.71% | 116 |
| 26 | Banks | 10 | 1:250 | 1.57% | 316 |
| 26 | Hobbs | 10 | 1:250 | 1.28% | 250 |
| 26 | Bone | 10 | 1:250 | 2.25% | 477 |
| 26 | Bunce | 10 | 1:250 | 5.32% | 1,123 |
| 26 | Lamport | 10 | 1:250 | 9.43% | 1,970 |
| 26 | de Chastelaine | 10 | 1:250 | 100.00% | 13,208 |
| 35 | Jackson | 9 | 1:278 | 0.32% | 45 |
| 35 | Mills | 9 | 1:278 | 0.35% | 53 |
| 35 | Russell | 9 | 1:278 | 0.39% | 61 |
| 35 | Owen | 9 | 1:278 | 1.01% | 210 |
| 35 | Lane | 9 | 1:278 | 0.58% | 103 |
| 35 | Pratt | 9 | 1:278 | 0.97% | 200 |
| 35 | Nash | 9 | 1:278 | 0.52% | 93 |
| 35 | Daniels | 9 | 1:278 | 1.33% | 285 |
| 35 | Daniel | 9 | 1:278 | 3.60% | 856 |
| 35 | Snell | 9 | 1:278 | 2.33% | 553 |
| 35 | Thatcher | 9 | 1:278 | 2.20% | 526 |
| 35 | Penfold | 9 | 1:278 | 1.36% | 297 |
| 35 | Brice | 9 | 1:278 | 5.59% | 1,305 |
| 35 | Lemon | 9 | 1:278 | 3.17% | 749 |
| 35 | Merritt | 9 | 1:278 | 4.50% | 1,056 |
| 35 | Kinsey | 9 | 1:278 | 16.98% | 3,578 |
| 35 | Laker | 9 | 1:278 | 3.80% | 895 |
| 35 | Bussell | 9 | 1:278 | 21.95% | 4,456 |
| 35 | Fullick | 9 | 1:278 | 13.85% | 2,979 |
| 35 | Slaymaker | 9 | 1:278 | 15.52% | 3,300 |
| 55 | Wright | 8 | 1:312 | 0.17% | 13 |
| 55 | Turner | 8 | 1:312 | 0.18% | 19 |
| 55 | Baker | 8 | 1:312 | 0.15% | 9 |
| 55 | Spencer | 8 | 1:312 | 0.72% | 157 |
| 55 | Parsons | 8 | 1:312 | 0.42% | 82 |
| 55 | Gardner | 8 | 1:312 | 0.76% | 171 |
| 55 | Holt | 8 | 1:312 | 1.22% | 302 |
| 55 | Sutton | 8 | 1:312 | 0.81% | 186 |
| 55 | May | 8 | 1:312 | 0.43% | 85 |
| 55 | Leach | 8 | 1:312 | 1.25% | 313 |
| 55 | Chamberlain | 8 | 1:312 | 1.58% | 412 |
| 55 | Steele | 8 | 1:312 | 2.85% | 760 |
| 55 | Langley | 8 | 1:312 | 1.68% | 444 |
| 55 | Emery | 8 | 1:312 | 2.02% | 542 |
| 55 | Knott | 8 | 1:312 | 2.16% | 573 |
| 55 | Sparks | 8 | 1:312 | 2.20% | 589 |
| 55 | Hopper | 8 | 1:312 | 4.60% | 1,213 |
| 55 | Godwin | 8 | 1:312 | 2.77% | 736 |
| 55 | Hatch | 8 | 1:312 | 4.60% | 1,213 |
| 55 | Barrie | 8 | 1:312 | 33.33% | 6,849 |
| 55 | Trott | 8 | 1:312 | 5.56% | 1,453 |
| 55 | Culver | 8 | 1:312 | 6.35% | 1,632 |
| 55 | Laming | 8 | 1:312 | 11.43% | 2,813 |
| 55 | Trimmer | 8 | 1:312 | 6.35% | 1,632 |
| 55 | Maddams | 8 | 1:312 | 72.73% | 12,297 |
| 55 | Godin | 8 | 1:312 | 40.00% | 7,904 |
| 55 | Allworth | 8 | 1:312 | 40.00% | 7,904 |
| 55 | Emme | 8 | 1:312 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 55 | Kriens | 8 | 1:312 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 84 | Wood | 7 | 1:357 | 0.15% | 11 |
| 84 | Thompson | 7 | 1:357 | 0.21% | 29 |
| 84 | Martin | 7 | 1:357 | 0.15% | 12 |
| 84 | Allen | 7 | 1:357 | 0.23% | 35 |
| 84 | Lee | 7 | 1:357 | 0.25% | 43 |
| 84 | Stevens | 7 | 1:357 | 0.21% | 31 |
| 84 | Wells | 7 | 1:357 | 0.31% | 64 |
| 84 | Hudson | 7 | 1:357 | 0.60% | 147 |
| 84 | Wheeler | 7 | 1:357 | 0.38% | 87 |
| 84 | Frost | 7 | 1:357 | 0.55% | 131 |
| 84 | Wilkins | 7 | 1:357 | 0.68% | 177 |
| 84 | Morley | 7 | 1:357 | 0.86% | 232 |
| 84 | Finch | 7 | 1:357 | 0.65% | 162 |
| 84 | Forster | 7 | 1:357 | 2.30% | 702 |
| 84 | Dalton | 7 | 1:357 | 1.48% | 446 |
| 84 | Robins | 7 | 1:357 | 1.57% | 474 |
| 84 | Deacon | 7 | 1:357 | 1.83% | 559 |
| 84 | Haslam | 7 | 1:357 | 26.92% | 6,449 |
| 84 | Percival | 7 | 1:357 | 2.11% | 640 |
| 84 | Hedges | 7 | 1:357 | 3.15% | 952 |
| 84 | Durham | 7 | 1:357 | 4.55% | 1,356 |
| 84 | Whitley | 7 | 1:357 | 5.98% | 1,766 |
| 84 | Plumb | 7 | 1:357 | 5.51% | 1,613 |
| 84 | Berryman | 7 | 1:357 | 4.90% | 1,464 |
| 84 | Spark | 7 | 1:357 | 14.00% | 3,744 |
| 84 | Jelley | 7 | 1:357 | 3.85% | 1,161 |
| 84 | Hersey | 7 | 1:357 | 4.22% | 1,271 |
| 84 | Shotter | 7 | 1:357 | 9.09% | 2,584 |
| 84 | Saker | 7 | 1:357 | 6.14% | 1,814 |
| 84 | Chilman | 7 | 1:357 | 11.29% | 3,118 |
| 84 | Guile | 7 | 1:357 | 23.33% | 5,786 |
| 84 | Godward | 7 | 1:357 | 20.59% | 5,213 |
| 84 | Philpots | 7 | 1:357 | 100.00% | 17,617 |
| 84 | Brookam | 7 | 1:357 | 100.00% | 17,617 |
| 84 | Thursting | 7 | 1:357 | 87.50% | 15,757 |
| 84 | Cullnane | 7 | 1:357 | 100.00% | 17,617 |
| 120 | Taylor | 6 | 1:417 | 0.08% | 4 |
| 120 | White | 6 | 1:417 | 0.09% | 5 |
| 120 | Hughes | 6 | 1:417 | 0.33% | 89 |
| 120 | Holmes | 6 | 1:417 | 0.45% | 123 |
| 120 | Harding | 6 | 1:417 | 0.31% | 81 |
| 120 | Perry | 6 | 1:417 | 0.49% | 138 |
| 120 | Barber | 6 | 1:417 | 0.62% | 191 |
| 120 | Barton | 6 | 1:417 | 0.71% | 219 |
| 120 | Willis | 6 | 1:417 | 0.56% | 168 |
| 120 | Rhodes | 6 | 1:417 | 1.58% | 563 |
| 120 | Poole | 6 | 1:417 | 0.81% | 263 |
| 120 | Hale | 6 | 1:417 | 0.87% | 280 |
| 120 | Clements | 6 | 1:417 | 0.75% | 241 |
| 120 | Faulkner | 6 | 1:417 | 0.90% | 295 |
| 120 | Drew | 6 | 1:417 | 1.11% | 383 |
| 120 | Hales | 6 | 1:417 | 2.23% | 794 |
| 120 | Crawley | 6 | 1:417 | 1.56% | 555 |
| 120 | Phipps | 6 | 1:417 | 2.02% | 712 |
| 120 | Carrington | 6 | 1:417 | 3.16% | 1,111 |
| 120 | Newby | 6 | 1:417 | 4.58% | 1,579 |
| 120 | Marston | 6 | 1:417 | 5.50% | 1,904 |
| 120 | Sexton | 6 | 1:417 | 1.94% | 687 |
| 120 | Iles | 6 | 1:417 | 2.97% | 1,049 |
| 120 | Patten | 6 | 1:417 | 6.32% | 2,145 |
| 120 | Sales | 6 | 1:417 | 1.79% | 630 |
| 120 | Dover | 6 | 1:417 | 6.59% | 2,218 |
| 120 | Brockwell | 6 | 1:417 | 2.65% | 932 |
| 120 | Jowitt | 6 | 1:417 | 66.67% | 14,352 |
| 120 | Muskett | 6 | 1:417 | 13.04% | 4,030 |
| 120 | Egginton | 6 | 1:417 | 26.09% | 7,073 |
| 120 | Pillinger | 6 | 1:417 | 28.57% | 7,592 |
| 120 | Thoroughgood | 6 | 1:417 | 24.00% | 6,646 |
| 120 | Pidwell | 6 | 1:417 | 22.22% | 6,290 |
| 120 | Chipper | 6 | 1:417 | 42.86% | 10,238 |
| 120 | Sherriffe | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 120 | Leggan | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 120 | Stackley | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 120 | Knots | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 120 | Inster | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 120 | Taphorse | 6 | 1:417 | 100.00% | 19,994 |
| 160 | Robinson | 5 | 1:500 | 0.15% | 28 |
| 160 | Hill | 5 | 1:500 | 0.13% | 21 |
| 160 | Ellis | 5 | 1:500 | 0.20% | 54 |
| 160 | Collins | 5 | 1:500 | 0.14% | 23 |
| 160 | Palmer | 5 | 1:500 | 0.21% | 60 |
| 160 | Andrews | 5 | 1:500 | 0.24% | 73 |
| 160 | Holloway | 5 | 1:500 | 0.60% | 222 |
| 160 | Hills | 5 | 1:500 | 0.58% | 217 |
| 160 | Harwood | 5 | 1:500 | 0.76% | 299 |
| 160 | Betts | 5 | 1:500 | 1.44% | 606 |
| 160 | Nicholas | 5 | 1:500 | 2.34% | 988 |
| 160 | Gillespie | 5 | 1:500 | 9.62% | 3,639 |
| 160 | Donovan | 5 | 1:500 | 0.79% | 319 |
| 160 | Casey | 5 | 1:500 | 2.22% | 941 |
| 160 | Skelton | 5 | 1:500 | 1.78% | 760 |
| 160 | Weller | 5 | 1:500 | 0.50% | 181 |
| 160 | Belcher | 5 | 1:500 | 1.68% | 711 |
| 160 | Goff | 5 | 1:500 | 2.45% | 1,038 |
| 160 | Hatcher | 5 | 1:500 | 3.76% | 1,566 |
| 160 | Hansford | 5 | 1:500 | 7.58% | 2,945 |
| 160 | Slaughter | 5 | 1:500 | 2.38% | 1,008 |
| 160 | Scrivener | 5 | 1:500 | 6.10% | 2,450 |
| 160 | Budden | 5 | 1:500 | 5.38% | 2,182 |
| 160 | Bleasdale | 5 | 1:500 | 100.00% | 23,071 |
| 160 | Overall | 5 | 1:500 | 4.81% | 1,997 |
| 160 | Meech | 5 | 1:500 | 10.87% | 4,030 |
| 160 | Heming | 5 | 1:500 | 35.71% | 10,238 |
| 160 | Arter | 5 | 1:500 | 19.23% | 6,449 |
| 160 | Camfield | 5 | 1:500 | 17.86% | 6,112 |
| 160 | Addington | 5 | 1:500 | 14.29% | 5,079 |
| 160 | Keevil | 5 | 1:500 | 14.71% | 5,213 |
| 160 | Miall | 5 | 1:500 | 12.50% | 4,555 |
| 160 | Springer | 5 | 1:500 | 15.63% | 5,497 |
| 160 | Mates | 5 | 1:500 | 41.67% | 11,502 |
| 160 | Swyer | 5 | 1:500 | 35.71% | 10,238 |
| 160 | Snoad | 5 | 1:500 | 71.43% | 17,617 |
| 160 | Barff | 5 | 1:500 | 83.33% | 19,994 |
| 160 | Headly | 5 | 1:500 | 41.67% | 11,502 |
| 160 | Brookson | 5 | 1:500 | 8.62% | 3,300 |
| 160 | Blythin | 5 | 1:500 | 83.33% | 19,994 |
| 160 | Yeomanson | 5 | 1:500 | 83.33% | 19,994 |
| 160 | Wetenhall | 5 | 1:500 | 62.50% | 15,757 |
| 160 | Bannet | 5 | 1:500 | 100.00% | 23,071 |
| 160 | Baitman | 5 | 1:500 | 100.00% | 23,071 |
| 160 | Shickler | 5 | 1:500 | 100.00% | 23,071 |