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| - From the Wikipedia page [1]: A former textile factory in the parish of Merton in London, near the site of the medieval Merton Priory, now the home of a variety of businesses, mostly retailers, served by the River Wandle. Established by Huguenot silk throwers in the early eighteenth century, though the textile industry in the area dates from 1667. The Abbey was restructured for textile printing in the early nineteenth century and was acquired by the Pre-Raphaelite artist and textile designer William Morris in June 1881 as the new home of Morris & Co.'s workshops. The complex, on 7 acres (28,000 m2), included several buildings and a dyeworks, and the various buildings were soon adapted for stained glass making, textile printing, and fabric, tapestry, and carpet-weaving. Morris refused to destroy existing buildings, and adapted them or built new ones.[4] Liberty & Co. involved with the site since the 19th century. Nearest station Colliers Wood Station
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