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had met at the back of the Holy Trinity Church in the High Street. After the formation of the Maldens and Coombe Urban District Council in 1895, civic leaders decided to procure purpose-built civic offices: the site chosen for the new building was a plot of open land just to the south of Holy Trinity
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The congregation of Holy Trinity Church was established as a breakaway group from Christ Church in New Malden led by the churchwarden, Frederick Merryweather (1827–1900), in 1870. The group erected Holy Trinity Church in 1882 and, after it fell into disuse in the early 20th century, it was acquired
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In March 1988 much of the east side of the High Street between Duke's Avenue and King's Avenue, including the Holy Trinity Church, the town hall and the site of the former fire station (which had been demolished after the fire service re-located in 1978) was acquired by
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was erected at roof level. The principal room was the council chamber which was capable of being used as a public hall for concerts and other events as well. A new fire station, which was constructed just to the south of the civic offices, was opened at the same time.
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by a philanthropist, Graham Spicer (died 1918), who began providing bible classes and sporting activities for young men in the building. After Spicer's death this training activity was formalised as a charity known as the "Graham Spicer Institute".
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on the ground floor; there was a bay window flanked by two other windows on the first floor and four smaller windows with an illuminated clock above on the second floor; a small
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of the building was integrated into the new retail development which was opened by Waitrose on 19 September 1989.
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was formed in 1965. The building subsequently became the home of the Malden Adult Education Centre.
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The new building, which was designed by William Horace Pope, a council surveyor, in the
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The building was renamed "New Malden Town Hall" when it became the headquarters of
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Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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in 1936 but ceased to be the local seat of government when the
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New Malden
51°24′09″N 0°15′22″W / 51.4025°N 0.2561°W / 51.4025; -0.2561
Edwardian Baroque style
New Malden Town Hall is located in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
New Malden
Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe
local board of health
Edwardian Baroque style
Ionic order
pilasters
turret
New Malden War Memorial
First World War
Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Waitrose
facade



"The Merryweather Window"
"History of the Institute"
"'Kingston-upon-Thames: Introduction and borough', in A History of the County of Surrey"
"Ordnance Survey Map"
"Community"
"Jubilations: Sports and Carnivals"
"Faith Hope and Love"
"Malden and Coobe"
"Local Government Act 1963"

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