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I read that the Merstham Tunnel Mystery WAS the first murder on a railway in the world... Do you have a source for why it isn't?

The thing is, it's a startling claim. After all we're talking about 80 years of a violent century, here. It would be astonishing if this was restricted to the UK, let alone the whole world. I think it really needs an authoritative citation before making the claim here. I have found a citation (which I don't claim to be authoritative) for an earlier one, by the way: [1] Mucky Duck 10:59, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

An update on this - Here is a good source (British Transport Police) for what they say was the first railway murder, near Hackney Wick in 1864: [2] Mucky Duck 12:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is "Water-Colour" (Watercolour or Water Colour?) in Merstham or as I believe not? SundayAgain (talk) 09:22, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology/origin of the name Merstham[edit]

--Arkykra (talk) 08:49, 18 September 2014 (UTC) The origin of the name Merstham given in the article differs quite a bit from the version given on a local history website (http://www.merstham.co.uk/merstham/MersthamHistory.htm). I don't know enough to say which is correct, but the local history site could be better researched. If someone knows more it would be worth looking into. _{'Mearsoetham', the name meaning literally 'dwelling of the people of the marsh'.} versus this article which says _{Mearsætham, which seems to be Anglo-Saxon Mearþ-sǣt-hām = "Homestead near a trap set for martens or weasels"}[reply]

Wine auction[edit]

Not worthy of comment in the main article, but perhaps of interest to a passing researcher, might be a wine auction,by Messrs Christie, Manson & Woods, on 13 June 1910, “The Property of W. A. Willmott, Esq., of Greville Place, Merstham”. (My picture #s 21217/29.) JDAWiseman (talk) 12:34, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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