In a few instances the personal name of a chieftain or warrior leader of the group founding the settlement can be detected in the place name, which has given rise to the suggestion that Tooting, spelt Totinge, in a document of 675AD, might be interpreted as meaning the place of Totas people.9 What appears to be the first mention of Colliers Wood occurs in a conveyance dated 21 January 1632, now amongst the collection of documents relating to Mitcham lodged with the Surrey History Centre.10 The deed refers to a close near Colliers Wood, presumably the enclosure known as Colliers Close which abutted the main road to the south of the present Robinson Road and, as we have seen, is mentioned in the minutes of the Kent and Surrey Sewer Commissioners for 1576.11 One Close called Collyers Close of eight acres, and an adjoining enclosure of 14 acres, were owned around 1680 by Henry Hampson, a copyholder of the manor of Ravensbury.12 Hampson himself resided at the Mansion howse called Ravensbury (the site of which is in Ravensbury Park)
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While other studies have echoed these claims, most were funded by tobacco companies, leading some to challenge their reliability
He always brings us a cynical and gritty story with very flawed characters who are at the core ambiguous as either the protagonist or the antagonist
Scarcity increases demand, which drives prices higher
