Carshalton

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ275645
Administration
London borough:	Sutton
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Police force:	Metropolitan
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Surrey
ITV franchise:	ITV London
Post office and telephone
Post town:	CARSHALTON
Postal district:	SM5
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Carshalton and Wallington
London Assembly:	Croydon and Sutton
European Parliament:	London

Carshalton is a village in the London Borough of Sutton. It lies in the valley of the river Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The region (also known as Government Office region) is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales, and [[Northern Ireland collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Policing in the United Kingdom is divided into a number of forces. ... Metropolitan Police redirects here. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... ITV London is the brand name used by ITV plc in London. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... 1. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Carshalton and Wallington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Summary Remade LCC/GLC crest. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | London Rivers | Rivers in Surrey | Croydon ...

History

Carshalton is mentioned in the Domesday book under the name "Aulton" (Well Farm) and owned by Geoffrey de Mandeville. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons. ...

Buildings of Interest

Honeywood

Honeywood is a large and attractive house at the Western end of Carshalton Ponds. At its earliest it dates from the 17th century but has been much extended and restored, particularly in the period 1896 to 1903. It now houses the London Borough of Sutton "Heritage Centre" and has a local history collection.

Little Holland House

Arms of the former Carshalton Urban District

Little Holland House in Carshalton Beeches was the home of the artist Frank Dickinson (1874-1961). Dickinson's Arts and Crafts style interior was influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris. The house contains many of his art works. It is open to the public on the first Sunday of each month, free admission. Arms of Carshalton Urban District Council. ... Arms of Carshalton Urban District Council. ... It has been suggested that Handicraft be merged into this article or section. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ...

The Oaks Bakehouse

The late 19th century Bakehouse in Oaks Park is all that remains of "The Oaks" mansion which was demolished in the 1950s. The original bread oven remains in situ.

Carshalton House Water Tower

The water tower was built in the early 18th Century primarily to house a water driven pump supplying water to Carshalton House (now St Philomena's School) and its gardens. It was planned as a multi-purpose building, however, and also contains an orangery, a saloon and a bathroom which retains original Delft tiles. Delft is a city in South Holland (Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands, located halfway between Rotterdam and The Hague (Den Haag). ...

All Saints Church

The parish church of All Saints overlooks Carshalton Ponds. A church has stood on this site since at least Norman times and probably much longer. The current church contains 12th century work but has been much extended over the centuries; most dramatically in 1891 when a new nave and north aisle were added. Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... In a modern church an aisle is a row down the middle of the church with a set of pews on each side. ...

Just outside the churchyard wall is a spring locally known as "Anne Boleyn's Well". It is popularly said to have received this name because it appeared when Anne Boleyn's horse kicked a stone as she rode from Beddington Park to Nonsuch Palace. Why she was going there is unclear since construction of the palace did not start until two years after she was executed. A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c. ... Beddington is a place in the London Borough of Sutton. ... Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace that was built by Henry VIII in Surrey, on the location of Cuddington, near Epsom (the church and village of Cuddington were destroyed to create the plot for the palace). ...

The Orangery

The Orangery in The Square was built in the second half of the 18th Century in Carshalton Park (the section of which between here and Ruskin Road has since been built over.) It is now used as Environment Agency offices. The Orangerieschloss built by Frederick William IV of Prussia in Potsdam in the mid-19th century, in imitation of the Italian Renaissance style Citrus trees grown in tubs and wintered under cover were a feature of Renaissance gardens, once glass-making technology enabled sufficient expanses of clear glass to be... (see also the List of environmental organizations) The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) of England and Wales was created by the Environment Act 1995, along with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. ...

Parks

• Carshalton Park, sometimes called Ruskin Park.
• Grove Park
• Oaks Park

Districts

Carshalton-on-the-Hill

Carshalton-on-the-Hill is the residential area on the high ground to the south of Carshalton Park around Boundary Road, Stanley Road and Stanley Park Road and stretching out toward the smallholdings of Little Woodcote. Look up Smallholding on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A smallholding is a piece of land smaller than 50 acres, which is rented for the purposes of cultivation. ...

Carshalton Beeches

Carshalton Beeches is the area to the west of Carshalton-on-the-Hill, around Beeches Avenue, Banstead Road and Woodmansterne Road. It grew up around the railway station (which was named after Beeches Avenue, the street in which it is located).

The Wrythe

The Wrythe or Wrythe Green lies between Carshalton village to the south and St Helier to the north-west. During the time of the Roman occupation of the British Isles, a small spring was situated near the green, now shadowed by a BP garage. The name derives from the fact that there was once a small Roman camp set up near the spring. Roman activity in the area is confirmed by the fact that there was once a Roman Villa built in Beddington, just a couple of miles away. The spring has since disappeared under ground and the culvert it fed flows into the Wandle near Hackbridge. Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410 CE. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia. ... BP p. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | London Rivers | Rivers in Surrey | Croydon ...

Transport

Carshalton has two railway stations: Carshalton and Carshalton Beeches. From 1847 to the opening of the current Carshalton in 1868 Wallington railway station was named Carshalton. Carshalton railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. ... Carshalton Beeches railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. ... Opened 1847 as Carshalton on the new Croydon to Epsom railway and renamed Wallington in 1868 when the new Carshalton station opened in Carshalton village. ...

Education

• St. Philomena's School (Catholic Girl's High School)
• Carshalton High School
• Stanley Park High School

Nearest places

• Beddington
• Hackbridge
• St Helier
• Sutton
• Waddon
• Wallington

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