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Sutton
Total population
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Overview
Sutton is a town in the London Borough of Sutton in South London, England. It is the administrative headquarters of the Outer London borough. It is 10 miles (16 km) south-southwest of Charing Cross, one of the fourteen metropolitan centres in the London Plan.
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History
The placename Sutton is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudtone. It is formed from Old English 'sūth' and 'tūn', meaning 'south farm'. Archaeological finds in the region date back thousands of years, including the excavation of a Roman villa in Beddington. An implement from the Neolithic age was found in Sutton town centre. It states that the Abbot of Chertsey held the manor. In 1538 it was sold to Henry VIII and granted to Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington. When Sir Nicholas was sentenced to death, the King seized the manor. Queen Mary restored it to Francis, son of Sir Nicholas. It later became a Crown possession again until King Charles II granted it to the Duke of Portland, who sold it in 1669. It changed hands regularly thereafter. From the time of Domesday until the 19th century, Sutton formed a parish in the Wallington hundred of Surrey in the feudal system. Jose Glover, who was Rector of Sutton from 1628 to 1636, became a pioneer of printing in the English colonies of North America and one of the people instrumental in establishing Harvard College in the 1630s. The road from London to Banstead Downs, through Sutton, was a haven for highwaymen in the 18th century. In 1755, two turnpike roads, which met at Sutton, were built: one from London to Brighton (Brighton Road), the other from Carshalton to Ewell (Cheam Road). The toll bars for the roads were originally located by the Cock Hotel, a coaching inn at the junction. The inn's sign straddled the Brighton road. The London to Brighton stagecoach began in 1760, and the Cock Hotel was the 9am stop for coaches leaving the city. Regular contact beyond the town brought expansion and sophistication. Small businesses opened up, at first related to travellers and later to provide goods for neighbouring areas.…
Geography
Sutton is one of several towns located on a narrow bed of Thanet Sands which extends from Croydon in the east, to Epsom in the west. To the south of this belt is chalk of the North Downs, and to the north is clay. The southern part of the town is on the lower slopes of the North Downs. The belt of Thanet sands allowed wells to provide clean water, and this attracted settlements from a very early date. The Sutton and Cheam Water Company began operations in 1864, and by 1900 had built 142 miles of mains. The company merged with the East Surrey Water Company in 1996 to form Sutton and East Surrey Water. Elevations in and around the town range from AOD in Belmont to in Sutton Common, at the start of the Pyl Brook stream. Sutton has formed part of Greater London since 1965. There is another, much smaller Sutton in Surrey, near Dorking. Its location is approximately south-southwest of Charing Cross, London and due southwest of the City of London, placing it within easy reach of Central London. Sutton is also approximately west of Croydon, London, north-east of Epsom, Surrey, and south-east of Kingston upon Thames, London. In addition to the St Nicholas church grounds, there are two areas of green space within the town centre, Sutton Green and Manor Park. Sutton Green is at the northern end of Sutton High Street, near All Saints Church. It is bordered by a row of detached Victorian villas to the west, the High Street to the east and Bushey Road to the south. The green dates from 1810, when it was awarded to the residents of Sutton under the Sutton Common Enclosure Award. Victoria Gardens, a smaller area of green space which once included a pond, lies across the road from Sutton Green. To the north of Sutton Green are Rose Hill Park East and Rose Hill Park West,…
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