Morden Hall Park
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Morden Hall Park is a small National Trust park located in Morden on the banks of the river Wandle. The park dates back to the 1770s and contains a variety of natural landscapes including the parkland of the "Deer Park", meadow and marshland. A number of historic buildings are located in the park including the Hall itself and preserved watermills where tobacco was once ground into snuff.
The Hall was owned and occupied by the Garth family for generations until it was sold to a tobacco merchant Gilliat Hatfeild in the 1870s. His son, also Gilliat Hatfeild, left the core of the estate (including the house) to the National Trust when he died in 1941. The Hall is now a hotel.
Outside of the main park, the remainder of the estate has been swallowed up in housing developments stretching between Morden, South Wimbledon and Collier's Wood and an industrial estate at Deer Park Road.
[edit] External links
- National Trust, Morden Hall Park
- British Pathe News Archive 1948 Newsreel of film industry party held at Morden Hall (download - select low resolution free preview)
