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3 unusual facts about London Borough of Merton


Food for the Brain Foundation

The best known and launching campaign of the Food for the Brain Foundation was a pilot study carried out at Cricket Green special education school in Merton, London.

Lach Dennis

Abbot Walter exchanged the estates with Randle de Merton for Merton, so early as the reign of Edward VI.

Sam Hammam

In 1990, before Wimbledon had moved out of their ground to groundshare at Selhurst Park with local rivals Crystal Palace, Hammam bought out a covenant held on the ground by the Council that required it to be retained for sporting use.


Stephen Hammond

He was elected a Councillor for the Ward of Village, Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton election in 2002 and subsequently became Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group on Merton Council.


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