10 Facts About Mitcham

Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England.

Mitcham is close to Thornton Heath, Streatham, Croydon, Sutton, and Tooting.

Mitcham Common takes up the greater part of the boundary and area to the south part of the CR4 postcode is in the area of Pollards Hill.

When industrialisation occurred, Mitcham quickly grew to become a town and most of the farms were swallowed up in the expansion.

Mitcham was industrialised first along the banks of the Wandle, where snuff, copper, flour, iron and dye were all worked.

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Mitcham became a borough, within a two-tier council system, on 19 September 1934 with the charter of incorporation being presented to the 84-year-old mayor, Mr R M Chart, by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Lord Ashcombe.

Local folklore claims Mitcham has the oldest fair in England, believing it to have been granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I, a claim never proven.

Mitcham appears in local variants of mildly vulgar rhymes of 18th and 19th centuries, all beginning with:.

Mitcham is home to a large area of South London's open green space in the form of Mitcham Common, studded with a few ponds and buildings.

Mitcham Eastfields was the first suburban station to be built in 50 years in the area.