Wallington
Wallington shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ294645
London borough	Sutton
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WALLINGTON
Postcode district	SM6
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
European Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Carshalton and Wallington
London Assembly	Croydon and Sutton
List of places: UK • England • London

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Wallington is a town in the London Borough of Sutton situated 10.3 miles (16.6 km) south south-west of Charing Cross. Prior to the merger of the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington into the London Borough of Sutton, it was formerly part of the county of Surrey. The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... Beddington and Wallington was an urban district and then municipal borough in north east Surrey, England. ... This article is about the English county. ...

History

The name "Wallington" derives from the Anglo Saxon "Waletone", meaning "village of the Britons".

Wallington appears in Domesday Book of 1086 and was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: 11 hides. It had 2 mills worth £1 10s 0d, 11 ploughs, 8 acres of meadow. It rendered £10.^[1] A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... The hide was a variable unit of land area used in medieval England, defined according to its arable yield and taxable potential rather than its exact dimensions. ... An ancient Chinese tomb model of a foot-powered mill, Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 AD), Freer Gallery of Art. ... The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with horses and plough. ... A meadow is a habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. ...

The historic village was situated somewhat to the north of the current town centre around what is now Wallington Bridge over the River Wandle. The route of the River Wandle (Red) and some of its tributaries (Green) into the River Thames (Blue) The River Wandle is a river in southeast England. ...

What was then called "Carshalton" railway station was opened in 1847 in the open fields to the south of Wallington because the owner of Carshalton Park objected to it being built near to Carshalton village. This acted as a spur to the development of the area and in the 1860s Nathaniel Bridges created a prestigious housing estate of gothic revival villas (architect E. L. Brock) and a new church (Holy Trinity). This southward development continued towards Woodcote and by the time of the first world war the section of Woodcote Road to the south of the station had become the new high street. The Grotto, now in a state of disrepair and the canal dry Carshalton Park ( ) is a public park in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ...

The Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington was created in 1915 and a town hall (architect Robert Atkinson) and public library were built in Wallington town centre in the 1930s, as was the fire station in Belmont Road. Beddington and Wallington was an urban district and then municipal borough in north east Surrey, England. ... Robert Atkinson (8 January 1883 – 26 December 1952) was an English architect primarily working in the Art Deco style. ...

Wallington County Grammar School (for Boys) was opened on London Road, close to Beddington Park, in 1927. Wallington County Grammar School is a state funded grammar school located in the London Borough of Sutton. ...

Guy Portelli's sculpture "English Lavender" (1999) in Wallington Town Centre

Wallington was an important centre for the production of lavender oil until about the time of the first world war. This is remembered in a number of ways, for example: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (605x962, 115 KB) Summary Guy Portellis sculpture English Lavender (1999) in Wallington Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (605x962, 115 KB) Summary Guy Portellis sculpture English Lavender (1999) in Wallington Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Species About 25-30, including: Lavandula abrotanoides Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula canariensis Lavandula dentata Lavandula lanata Lavandula latifolia Lavandula multifida Lavandula pinnata Lavandula stoechas Lavandula viridis Lavandula x intermedia The Lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the...

• There is a large sculpture at the junction of Woodcote Road and Stafford Road representing a lavender plant.
• The Christmas lights also represent lavender plants.
• One of the local lavender farmers - John Jakson of Little Woodcote Farm - lent his name to a public house in Woodcote Road.

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Today

In 2007 Wallington has been enjoying something of a mini boom with new retailers being attracted to the town, including Tesco Express, Café Nero and SpecSavers. These are in addition to existing High Street names such as Sainsburys, Boots, Woolworths, WH Smith, Dorothy Perkins, Greggs, Lloydspharmacy, Peacocks and Lidl. In addition, many major banks and building societies are sited in the town. , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... Specsavers is a glasses and contact lenses retailer with over 750 stores in the United Kingdom, Spain, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands. ... J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, which is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ... Boots is the name of at least five different albums and singles: Boots by Nancy Sinatra (1966) Boots by Mighty Gabby (1984) Boots by Condemned Eighty Four (2001) Boots by KMFDM (2002) Boots by Noe Venable (2003) It is also the name of a large chain of chemists in the... This article is about the British Woolworths Group plc, and its stores. ... This article is about the bookshop chain; for the businessman and politician of that name, see William Henry Smith. ... A branch of Dorothy Perkins on Buchanan Street in Glasgow Dorothy Perkins is a large British womens clothing retailer, active mostly in the United Kingdom. ... Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. ... Lloydspharmacy is a pharmacy chain in the UK. It operates over 1,520 pharmacies, located primarily within local communities and health centres. ... Lidl in Middlesbrough, England Lidl in Lomma, Sweden Typical Lidl interior Lidl is a European discount supermarket chain of German origin that operates 7,000 stores. ...

A farmers' market is held on the second Saturday of each month. This is usually located outside the old town hall, but occasionally in the car park at Shotfield.

Transport

Wallington is well served by bus, coach and rail connections, and it is possible to reach London's two major airports - Heathrow and Gatwick - in less than an hour by car, or a little longer if you use public transport.

Bus

A variety of bus services are available from Wallington. These include:

• 463 - to Coulsdon, Beddington, Mitcham
• 127 - to Purley, Carshalton, Mitcham, Tooting Broadway
• 151 - to Carshalton, St Helier, Sutton, Cheam, Worcester Park
• 154 - to Croydon, Carshalton, Sutton, Morden
• 157 - to Crystal Palace, Croydon, Morden
• 410 - to Crystal Palace, Norwood, Croydon, Beddington
• 455 - to Beddington, Waddon, Croydon, Purley
• S4 - to Roundshaw, Sutton, St Helier
• X26 - to Croydon, Carshalton, Sutton, Kingston, Heathrow.

Coach

National Express services 025 from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport and Brighton, and 027 from Victoria to Chichester also serve Wallington.

Rail

Services operate from Wallington to London Bridge and Victoria via West Croydon and to Epsom and beyond via Sutton. 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. ...

Cars left stranded in a flash flood under a bridge in Wallington

The northbound platform extends over the bridge that crosses Woodcote Road. The road immediately below this bridge regularly floods during heavy rain and achieved some notoriety on 20 July 2007 when it was severely flooded, making it impassable for several hours. ^[2] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 799 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (907 × 681 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 799 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (907 × 681 pixels, file size: 1. ... Lower Antelope Canyon was carved out of sandstone by flash floods A Flash Flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas (washes), rivers and streams, caused by the intense rainfall associated with a thunderstorm, or multiple training thunderstorms. ...

Famous residents

• Mervyn Peake once lived in Woodcote Road, Wallington but his house has since been demolished to make way for a block of flats.

• Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet, lived with her family in Blenheim Gardens.

• Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds lived on Demesne Road.

• Will Owen, Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Co. Durham, also lived in Wallington.

Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 – November 17, 1968) was an English modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. ... Eileen Shanahan (October 28, 1901 – January 28, 1979) was one of the small number of Irish women poets. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London) is an English rock guitarist. ... Not to be confused with Yard Birds. ... William James Owen (18 February 1901 – 3 April 1981) was a British miner and politician, whose career as a Member of Parliament was blighted by his trial under the Official Secrets Act 1911 for giving secrets to Czechoslovak intelligence. ...

Education

Primary Education

• Bandon Hill Primary School

Secondary Education

• Wallington County Grammar School

• Wallington High School for Girls

• Wilsons School

See the London Borough of Sutton article for details of education in the borough. The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ...

References

1. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
2. ^ BBC news story (see photo in West London section)

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