St Mary’s Church Ewell

Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt married at St Mary’s Church Ewell. It is still a beautiful country church-yard – with an interesting history. The church is home to the 1889 ‘Father’ Henry Willis pipe organ. The name Ewell derives from æwell, which means river source.  The Hogsmill River rises  in Ewell and runs to the Thames via Kingston upon Thames.…

Underground Station in Ewell?

Castle Parade Underground Station Ewell (Northern Line) was built alongside large developments in Ewell – as the burgeoning social housing areas of Morden started to expand. This is just down from Ewell Caste – where Oliver Reed went to school. Families re-housed in Ewell in the late 1920’s – early 1930’s were promised the underground…