The Merton Abbey Works was a textile printing factory in Merton, then part of Surrey but now in Greater London, England. Textile industries were active there from approximately 1690 until 1940. From 1880 to 1940, the Works were the factory of the Arts and Crafts movement design firm Morris & Co. The Works were demolished after the closure of Morris & Co in 1940.
The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton, L.L. Pocock, c. 1880s
Three views of Thomas Welch's tablecloth printing works, printed in The Illustrated exhibitor and magazine of art, 1852.
The Morris & Co. fabric printing room at Merton Abbey, c. 1890.
William Morris, Wandle, 1884. Printed cotton. Victoria & Albert Museum T.45-1912.
Merton is an ancient parish historically in Surrey, but which has since 1965 been part of Greater London. It is bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden, Cheam and Cuddington to the south and (New) Malden to the west. The 1871 Ordnance Survey map records its area as 1,764.7 acres (7.1 km2).
St Mary's Church, Merton, the ancient parish church
Merton Place, copperplate, 18th century
Admiral Nelson