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Morden Collection

Background imageMorden Collection: Map of Northumberland

Map of Northumberland
Map of the English county of Northumberland by Robert Morden, originally produced for the 1695 edition of Camdens Britannia

Background imageMorden Collection: London Underground

London Underground
A Northern Line train in the standard red colour, on its way to Morden, southwest London

Background imageMorden Collection: Morden College

Morden College
Built by sir John Morden, a Turkey merchant, circa 1700, to house decayed merchants and still providing a home for people in unfortunate circumstances

Background imageMorden Collection: Lucky Little Owner-Drivers

Lucky Little Owner-Drivers
Advertisement offering children the chance to own their own automobile. " Juvenile Cars", produced by Lines Bros

Background imageMorden Collection: Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable

Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich

Background imageMorden Collection: Frog Scale Model Aeroplanes Advertisement

Frog Scale Model Aeroplanes Advertisement
An advertisement for Lines Brothers Ltd, promoting Frog scale model aeroplanes, based on those used during WW2. The image shows a little boy's hand holding one such fighter plane over a

Background imageMorden Collection: Photograph of Sir John Morden PH, Lewisham, London

Photograph of Sir John Morden PH, Lewisham, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageMorden Collection: An old farm, Lower Morden Lane, Morden, SW London (Surrey)

An old farm, Lower Morden Lane, Morden, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMorden Collection: Exodus: The Epsom Derby by Gilbert, 1845

Exodus: The Epsom Derby by Gilbert, 1845
Epson races: scenes on the road, as drawn by Gilbert. The Elephant and Castle pub, as well as the Swan Tavern, Morden Hall boarding school

Background imageMorden Collection: Butt Lane, Bere Regis, Dorset

Butt Lane, Bere Regis, Dorset
Butt Lane, Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset, England. Featured by Charles Dickens in the Pickwick papers Date: 1900s

Background imageMorden Collection: Church Street, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire

Church Street, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire
Church Street, Guilden Morden, Royston, near Biggleswade, Cambridgeshire, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageMorden Collection: Traffic control for pedestrian crossings

Traffic control for pedestrian crossings
Traffic control by light-ray : the first system of its kind. A new method of controlling road traffic by beams of light broken by pedestrian and vehicles

Background imageMorden Collection: Moses Browne

Moses Browne
MOSES BROWNE Chaplain of Morden College, and poet when his duties permitted it. Date: 1704 - 1787

Background imageMorden Collection: Morden Hall Park

Morden Hall Park
A quiet backwater of the River Wandle, in Morden Hall Park, Surrey, England. This land was once owned by millionaire tobacco merchant Gilliat Hatfield. Date: 1960s

Background imageMorden Collection: Morden College Blackheat

Morden College Blackheat
This fine building was built by Turkey merchant Sir John Morden for decayed Turkey merchants who fell on hard times. It is still in use to house elderly retired folk


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