Exploring An ANCIENT MOUND in Morden Park

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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024

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  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 7 місяців тому +2

    I remember that 'bandstand' at 3.00. In the mid 60's I heard loud music and walked to see a band called 'The Ajaes' playing there! First band I ever saw! Happy days!

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  7 місяців тому

      Thanks for sharing the memories.

  • @clivecowlard7098
    @clivecowlard7098 2 роки тому +2

    Morden was mentioned in the Domesday book... And it has a rector not a vicar... In both respects unlike most of its surrounding parishes... And in the Fifties (I don't know about now) it was the most populous parish in England with three daughter churches , a kind of mini-diocese... And the rector (T.L.Livermore , a great friend of Billy Graham... We were really low church!) was a canon of Southwark cathedral... And Boy ! Did he ever know how to pull rank !
    I played on that mound as a kid... I live in Canada now... But on a recent visit , my sister commented that children would not be allowed to play unsupervised in that park anymore
    Thanx for the memories

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  2 роки тому

      Thanks Clive for the additional information. Really interesting.

  • @RichardVobes
    @RichardVobes 4 роки тому +4

    What an interesting find - the mound - Roman and late Iron age - presumably it's on clay, unlike the burial mounds in Sussex and Wiltshire in chalk. Loved the English bond brick work in the church. Lovely to see the brick exposed. I was reading how many churches of that period were made of brick but either rendered over or clad in stone. Again, presumable local clay made into brick. I wonder if the clay quarry is near by. I assume they had kilns on site to bake the bricks. Great video.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the info Mr Vobes, the Clay would have been nearby as it formed much of the London basin to the north as opposed to the Chalk of the North Downs to the South. Interesting Sir.

    • @laurencerudham621
      @laurencerudham621 4 роки тому +1

      Nearest clay pits and brick works was Mostyn Gardens, next to South Merton Train Station.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому

      @@laurencerudham621 Many thanks for that info Laurence. Appreciated.

  • @AncientBriton1948
    @AncientBriton1948 8 місяців тому +2

    I was born in Carshalton but lived in Morden until I was 16. I knew the park and the hill as we used to call it and when I was about 9 or 10 'me and my mates' decided we was going to investigate the hill. We turned up with old shovels and started digging on the summit, I think we dug a hole about six inches deep before we were tired and went off to the paddling pool that was close to the entrance. I suspect much has changed as I'm now 75 and live in County Durham but memories of Morden in my youth are still strong like paddling in the Wandle playing football or cricket in the Rec on Central Road and bike rides to Box Hill. Do kids do things like that these days? 🇬🇧

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  8 місяців тому

      Great memories and thanks for sharing.

    • @senianns9522
      @senianns9522 7 місяців тому +1

      I left Morden at nearly 16 years of age in 1976. Went to Darlington and got an apprenticeship there. Left Darlington in the 70's. Left the UK in the 80's. The UK is lost!

  • @theskidmarkoforion4829
    @theskidmarkoforion4829 Рік тому +2

    I was born in Morden. Loved the place. I remember tripping on shrooms and wandering around the graveyard at night scaring the life out of us. Good times

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for sharing those memories.

  • @Dylslog
    @Dylslog 2 роки тому +2

    I work in the park, at the forest school, we call it Mt. Morden!

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  2 роки тому +1

      Mount Morden? I like that 😄

  • @SteveMrW
    @SteveMrW Рік тому +2

    You are correct, Morden is Surrey and not a part of the sprawl that London has become.
    I was born in Morden (St Heliers Hospital) I June 1959 and laved in Morden for my first year or so. We moved to Edinburgh Court, Grand Drive, Raynes Park and lived there for about 15 years. I went to Hatfeild primary School in Lower Morden Lane which was demolished and replaced with a new building.
    Anyway the school backed onto Morden park and I must have spent hundreds of hours playing in the park. Including riding our bikes down the mound!! We would stay out until dark and then walk or ride back home for tea. I was also a member of the 4th Morden (Morden Park Scout Group), we had our hut in Bow Lane (more time in the park).

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing those great memories Steve.

  • @jobe6528
    @jobe6528 3 роки тому +3

    The mound is known locally as Plum Pudding Hill. At Lawrence’s Church’s foundations are Saxon

  • @steveshepherd8921
    @steveshepherd8921 4 роки тому +4

    Brilliant! Used to ride cycle speedway on the track in the park for the Mordon Monarchs and we would often ride down that mound
    (must have been mad -no brakes fitted ).
    Thanks Marq for giving us the history behind it, we had no idea 😉

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому +1

      Many thanks Steve, what great memories.

  • @ambrosius
    @ambrosius 3 роки тому +2

    Ministry trainee at St Lawrence Church here. The church was remodelled in 1636, but as with many English churches, materials from the former structure were used in the process. The west window I’m told is Tudor. Also, the East Window is a rare example of the Decalogue that comprises part of the reredos is part of the window itself, which was actually just restored and preserved! Come have a look! :)

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks very much Jacob for the extra information. I will now have to pop back and take another look.

  • @brianbanks703
    @brianbanks703 3 роки тому +2

    still recall riding on it on our bikes in the 60s. Morder, isnt it German (Saxon?) for Murder? On the other side of the park, before the college destroyed it, used to be RGJones Studios where Stray, Bo Street Runners, Status Quo, Stones etc recorded their first material.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  3 роки тому

      Fascinating stuff Brian.

    • @HighWealder
      @HighWealder Місяць тому +1

      My dad used to work at RG Jones, I remember when the college site was a pig farm, it still is.

  • @LateBarLondon
    @LateBarLondon 4 роки тому +3

    I lived near Morden Park in my childhood and we used to ride our bikes down that mound!
    Forty years have passed since then, but I recall it being taller than it appears now with a narrower peak although that could a nostalgic childhood memory! The number of trees on it seem less now too.
    It’s a shame you didn’t get to see inside St Lawrence’s church, it’s a wonderful small church.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому

      Great memories. It was a shame the Church was closed but I can understand why.

  • @kingatecavies
    @kingatecavies 4 роки тому +1

    Used to play there all the time, especially when we had snow!! Married at St Lawrences! My Dad still lives very near to the Park.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому

      What great memories. Thanks very much for watching.

  • @tobytaylor2154
    @tobytaylor2154 10 місяців тому +2

    I use to attack or defend that mound in the army cadets in the early 80s, i never knew it was anything like that. 👍

    • @mattlondon2242
      @mattlondon2242 15 днів тому

      157 detachment stonecott Hill?

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 15 днів тому +1

      ​@@mattlondon2242 that's the one lol

    • @mattlondon2242
      @mattlondon2242 15 днів тому +1

      @@tobytaylor2154 used to go shooting there. I was 158 queen's detachment in Morden.

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 14 днів тому

      @@mattlondon2242 yeah, we had numerous units visit there coz we had an indoor range and a well stocked armoury

  • @andrewnorris1
    @andrewnorris1 4 роки тому +1

    As you say ‘in the sprawl of suburbia’ there survive these gems, that’s pretty amazing!

  • @angr3819
    @angr3819 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @georginacox3909
    @georginacox3909 4 роки тому +1

    Nice tree. Big long branches.Gosh,Romans.

  • @kirlygirl7863
    @kirlygirl7863 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks again, Marq! Through your efforts I'm realizing how lazy I am sitting on my duff in my office watching you go to wonderful places. I live in a lovely place myself but it never occurs to me to film it. I'll see what I can do and send one to you sometime if you'll forgive any content/filming/editing horrors as I learn how to do it.

    • @MarqEnglish
      @MarqEnglish  4 роки тому

      Go for it Kirsten, there's always something to seek out in local areas x

  • @mariemcloughlin1684
    @mariemcloughlin1684 4 роки тому +1

    My dogs love lepping all over this! Thank you

  • @DianaVickersUK
    @DianaVickersUK 4 роки тому

    We need an in depth video of Carew Manor/Academy!!

  • @MrNas42
    @MrNas42 4 роки тому +2

    Road trip to Mordor (as I always referred to Morden)! I didn't know about the mound either and according to Wikipedia, it remains a bit of a mystery:
    A large circular mound in the park has been identified as a possible burial mound from the Iron Age, Roman or Saxon periods. Archaeological investigations were carried out in the 1950s although no conclusive proof as to its date or purpose were found. English Heritage believes that the earthwork was remodelled at some time into a belvedere, or viewing platform, with a spiral path to ascend it. Between 1960 and the mid-1990s a cycle speedway track sat alongside the mound, which was home to Morden Cycle Speedway Club. The track has since been demolished but it's still possible to find signs of the track's existence. A local Aero Modelling Club used the area South of the Mound on Sunday Mornings for flying practice.

  • @shaolindreams
    @shaolindreams 3 роки тому +1

    We used to call this Devil's hill as kids.

  • @maydayvlogs1977
    @maydayvlogs1977 4 роки тому

    Hi Sir, thanks for the vedio