Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Merton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Merton, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Wimbledon and Merton), Surrey, on river Wandle, 3½ miles SW. of Clapham Junction and 7¼ miles SW. of Waterloo sta., London, 1765 ac., pop. 2480; has remains of a priory (1115). which became a factory for calico printing; Merton Place, where Lord Nelson lived from October 1801 to May 1803, has been pulled down.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Merton, Lower, ry. sta., Surrey, ¾ mile SE. of Wimbledon and 2 miles SW. of Tooting.
A village in Brixton hundred, in the county of Surrey.