Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads

Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads is a 5.8 hectare local nature reserve adjacent to Wimbledon Common in the London Borough of Merton. It is owned by Merton Council, but is managed by the London Wildlife Trust.
In the Middle Ages Beverley Meads was owned by Merton Abbey, from which period the two ponds in Fishpond Wood are believed to date. It is likely that the watermill at Mill Corner on Beverley Brook dated from the medieval period: it was a fulling mill and is believed to have burnt down in the Tudor period. At that period the meads covered the area, since pollen analysis from the ponds indicates that the surrounding woodland developed only after the mill's demise. After the Reformation and the dissolution of Merton Abbey in 1538, the meads continued to be farmed, and was owned by Warren Farm until shortly after the Second World War.

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