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The London Borough of Merton and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [3] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the councils of the municipal boroughs of Mitcham and Wimbledon and the urban district of Merton and Morden. [4]
The London Borough of Merton (/ ˈ m ɜːr t ə n / ⓘ) is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham , the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District , all formerly within Surrey .
Merton Park is an area within the district of Morden in the London Borough of Merton. [2] Bordering areas are Colliers Wood , Morden , South Wimbledon and Raynes Park . It is 7.25 miles (11.67 km) southwest of Charing Cross .
Merton Park is quite widely used as a name for the neighbourhood. Merton itself is a rarely used name, among residents and businesses in the borough at any rate, to describe any particular district of the borough, with popular preference turning to the new 19th-century "Park" and "Wood" estates designated by the railway stations as they all unusually here formed new parishes.
Merton Civic Centre is a municipal building in London Road, Morden, London. It is the headquarters of Merton London Borough Council. History.
The London Borough of Merton is an outer London borough in the south west of the conurbation. Merton's parks and open spaces range in size from Mitcham Common and a major part of Wimbledon Common to the smaller gardens, sports grounds and recreation grounds within its boundaries. The major areas of public open space in the Borough are:
Merton Street, Oxford; Merton College, London, formerly a further education college, as of 2009 the Merton campus of South Thames College; Battle of Meretun or Morton, fought in 871 between the Saxon army of Wessex and the Danish Great Heathen Army; The Merton, a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong; Viscount Merton, a UK title
Merton Urban District (1907–1913) and Merton and Morden Urban District (1913–1965) was an urban district in Surrey, England. It was formed in 1907 from the parish of Merton and was expanded in 1913 to take in Morden. The district was abolished in 1965 and its former area now forms part of the London Borough of Merton in Greater London.