Haymaking at Morden Hall Farm c.1900

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For much of its early history, Morden was a quiet rural community. Its historic heart was the area near the parish church of St. Lawrence. 

Many of the local residents worked in agriculture and Morden had a number of small farms, breeding pigs, cattle and poultry.

Morden Hall Farm originally belonged to the Garth family, lords of the manor from the 16th to the 19th century. 

Covering 465 acres of pasture and arable land, the farm was purchased by property developer, John Innes, during the 1860s and converted to dairy farming.

Innes was proud of his prize winning livestock. The farm's dairy was managed by the White family and milk deliveries to Merton and Wimbledon were made up to five times a day, by a fleet of horse-carts.

The farmland was sold for development in the 1920s and the farmhouse was demolished c.1930. 

This animation has been produced for Merton Heritage Service by 5:25 Creative Agency in Colliers Wood. It was commissioned for "There's More to Morden," a local heritage project designed to engage people with over 100 years of history from the Morden and Merton Park area.