Parish boundary marker
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Parish boundary marker
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 29 Aug 2011
A cast iron marker on the brick spandrel of London Road bridge over the Wandle - for context see Image and Image The text reads "Morden Parish 1882 mid-river M Knight Morden" (the latter presumably being the ironwright's name). It does still mark the (Anglican parish) boundary - Mitcham to the north and Morden to the south. Civil parishes no longer exist in London.
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Image Location
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51.395353
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-0.173472