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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.
Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.26W; East: 0.12W; North: 51.445N; South: 51.375N
Blank map of the London Borough of Merton, showing electoral wards. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits:
Lewisham London Borough Council: Labour: Town Hall, 1 Catford Road 13.57 sq mi (35.1 km 2) 298,653 21 Merton: Merton London Borough Council: Labour: Civic Centre, London Road 14.52 sq mi (37.6 km 2) 210,709
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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.
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.