Merton Abbey Mills

Merton Abbey Mills, located in the Merton parish in London, was once a textile factory. Originally used by Huguenot silk throwers, the Merton Abbey Mills was reconfigured in the nineteenth century for textile printing and housed William Morris’s textile company Morris & Co.’s workshop beginning in 1881. Today, the area is known for its craft market and summer theatre and music festival.

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Map: ENGL 334 No Dead White Men

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.413207700000
Longitude: -0.183439500000

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Timeline of Events Associated with Merton Abbey Mills

Date Event Manage
1875

Morris & Co. founded

photo of William MorrisIn Mar 1875, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company was dissolved and re-established as Morris and Company. Image: Photograph of William Morris, aged 53. First published 1899 (photo by Frederick Hollyer c. 1887). From Google Books edition of J. W. Mackail The Life of William Morris in two volumes, London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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