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London Road, MITCHAM, CR4 4BF

With a long history, this building is thought to be one of the oldest railway buildings in the world. Since Tramlink replaced the railway, the building is used for offices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=189247

Maps from the start of the 20th century show a number of houses along London Road with large gardens stretching back into what is now this park. The largest of these was Baron House, named after Oliver Baron JP, an 18th century barrister. During the 1920s, much of the site became a large gravel pit. Subsequently the pit filled with water and was then reinstated with such items as old buses and trams, before being levelled in the 1930s for playing fields. In the mid 1980s, a campaign was started to preserve the area as a park and it was formally opened as London Road Playing Fields in April 1992. This is the entrance from London Road.

Looking northeast

Maps from the start of the 20th century show a number of houses along London Road with large gardens stretching back into what is now this park. The largest of these was Baron House, named after Oliver Baron JP, an 18th century barrister. During the 1920s, much of the site became a large gravel pit. Subsequently the pit filled with water and was then reinstated with such items as old buses and trams, before being levelled in the 1930s for playing fields. In the mid 1980s, a campaign was started to preserve the area as a park and it was formally opened as London Road Playing Fields in April 1992. The flats on the right are in London Road.

Maps from the start of the 20th century show a number of houses along London Road with large gardens stretching back into what is now this park. The largest of these was Baron House, named after Oliver Baron JP, an 18th century barrister. During the 1920s, much of the site became a large gravel pit. Subsequently the pit filled with water and was then reinstated with such items as old buses and trams, before being levelled in the 1930s for playing fields. In the mid 1980s, a campaign was started to preserve the area as a park and it was formally opened as London Road Playing Fields in April 1992. The flats on the right are in London Road.

Maps from the start of the 20th century show a number of houses along London Road with large gardens stretching back into what is now this park. The largest of these was Baron House, named after Oliver Baron JP, an 18th century barrister. During the 1920s, much of the site became a large gravel pit. Subsequently the pit filled with water and was then reinstated with such items as old buses and trams, before being levelled in the 1930s for playing fields. In the mid 1980s, a campaign was started to preserve the area as a park and it was formally opened as London Road Playing Fields in April 1992. The flats on the right are in London Road.

Shown during Tramlink construction

Tram numbers 2547 and 2548 pass at Mitcham tram stop. Interestingly, the next two trams to pass at this point were also sequentially numbered.

Looking west. Car No 2547 calls on its eastbound journey to New Addington, via Croydon. Predicted by some Jeremiahs to be a waste of money, the Wimbledon trams are in fact very busy indeed, so much so that extra cars are being ordered.