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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Merton AP/CP Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Merton |
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