is a suburb of London, part of the
London Borough Of Sutton , located 10 miles (16.1 km) south south-west of
Charing Cross .
It is situated in the valley of the river
Wandle , one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village.
Carshalton is mentioned in the
Domesday Book under the name "Aulton" (Well Farm) and owned by
Geoffrey De Mandeville . From 1894 to 1965 Carshalton formed part of the
Carshalton Urban District .
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Carshalton Park, sometimes called ''Ruskin Park''.
- Grove Park
- Oaks Park
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
Smallholding s of Little Woodcote.
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; which, in turn, is named after the
Beech trees which line it.
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.
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.
- St. Philomena's School (Catholic Girls' High School)
- Carshalton High School for Girls
- Carshalton High School for Boys
- Stanley Park High School
- Carshalton College
