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'Mysterious Mitcham' is the online sequel to the original 'Strange Mitcham' , which contains stories not found on this website:
Second (2011) edition is now available.
Also available for Kindle.
'MYSTERIOUS
MITCHAM'
Contents:
Front Cover
Introduction
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Map
Part 1 - Mitcham:
The Phantom Cyclist
of Mitcham Common
(update to Strange
Mitcham)
A Dark Figure on
Mitcham Common
Tales from the Vestry
Hall
'Calico Jack': The
Playful Ghost of
Lacks the Drapers
The Faces on the
Walls: Hancock's
Cottages
The Haunted Cottages
in Tramway Path
The 'Haunting' of Hall
Place
The Legend of
Mitcham Fair
Remember the Grotto
The Phantom of the
'Folly'
An Apparition at
Woof & Sabine
Haunted Rooms at Fry
Metals
The Phantom Cat
Mitcham's (not so)
Haunted Mansion
The Kingston Zodiac
The 'Ghost Tree'
Ghostly Gardeners,
Medicinal Plants and
A Magical Tree
The 'Thing'
The Wrath of God
A Ghostly Experience
in Morden Road
Mitcham Clock Tower:
When Time Ran
Backwards
The Rosier Family
Legend
The 'Ball of Fire'
UFO over Mitcham
Common, 2004
UFO over Tooting
Bec Common, 1990
Part 2 - South of
Mitcham Common:
Carew Manor
The Ghosts of
Beddington Park
Beddington Parish
Church & Churchyard
The Figure in the
Alley
Under Beddington
A Spectral Cavalier
Other Information:
Author's website
The Mitcham Ghost
Ride
Strange Mitcham
(2002): Errata
Strange Mitcham
(2011)
Paperback:
Kindle:
Haunted Wandsworth
(2006)
Covers the London Borough of Wandsworth (Balham, Battersea, Putney, Tooting & Wandsworth):
Haunted London
(2007)
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The Rosier Family Legend
The Rosier family lived in Mitcham for centuries. In 2004, Phil Rosier told me of an interesting family story concerning his Great Grandfather, George, owner of The Three Kings and The Beehive public houses on Commonside East beside Mitcham Common:
'My immediate ancestors were all from Mitcham and their Rosier name is still very prominent there (Rosiers Yard being one). They owned and lived in The Three Kings, Vine Cottage, Rosiers Yard and The Beehive and several other properties in that row along Commonside East from the late 1700s onwards.
'In my childhood at family gatherings the talk was always of my Great Grandfather George Rosier, and his pride in The Three Kings and The Beehive and how he would never leave anyone else to be in charge. So much so that he still watches over both premises and woe betide the person that didn't do their job properly because they wouldn't stay on in their job for long.'
'Whether it be true or not I don't know, but for sure recently both establishments have closed down.'
Above and below: The Beehive and The Three Kings, photographed in October 2007: sadly, difficulties attracting customers and problems with unruly behaviour mean that neither of these once popular pubs remains what they were. (James Clark, 2007)
[Source: personal communication with Phil Rosier, September 2004.]
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