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England London Boroughs   Sutton

Guide to The London Borough of Sutton history, family history, and genealogy parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
As with all the other London Boroughs, Sutton Borought was cobbled together from a number of local areas with no concern for history or for the desires of the population. Family History researchers will need to review the specific segments listed below that were all part of the original County of Surrey.

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District all of which had previously been part of Surrey.

An ancient parish originally in the county of Surrey. Its location on the London to Brighton turnpike from 1755 led to the opening of coaching inns, spurring its growth as a village. When it was connected to central London by rail in 1847, it began to grow into a town, and it expanded further in the 20th century.

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 center. The Roman road of Stane Street formed part of the northern boundary of the parish. Sutton was recorded as Sudtone in a charter of Chertsey Abbey believed to date from the late 7th century, when the Manor was granted to the Abbot of Chertsey by Frithwald, Governor of Surrey. Some sources state the name as Suthtone or Sudtana.

The 1086 Domesday Book records Sutton as spanning about 800 acres, and having about 30 houses and 200 people. It states that the Abbot of Chertsey held the manor. In 1538 it was sold to King 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.

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 travelers and later to provide goods for neighbouring areas. The toll bars moved away from the junction as Sutton expanded, remaining in use until 1882.

Sutton railway station was opened in 1847. Following the arrival of the new, fast link to central London, Sutton's population more than doubled between 1851 and 1861, and the village became a town. New housing was built in the Lind Road area, and called "New Town". A pub built in 1854 on the corner of Lind Road was named the Jenny Lind, after the famous Swedish opera singer Johanna Maria Lind, who was visiting friends in the area in 1847 and enchanted locals with her singing. It has recently been renamed the Nightingale, also after the singer, who was known as the Swedish Nightingale.

In 1902 the Banstead Road site of the South Metropolitan Industrial school was bought by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The site later became the Downs Schools and then the Downs Hospital. It is now shared between the Royal Marsden and Sutton Hospitals and the Institute of Cancer Research.

The Sutton Adult School and Institute opened in 1910 in a large Edwardian building in Benhill Avenue. It later became the Thomas Wall Centre,[19] named after the area's benefactor of Wall's sausage and ice cream fame. Thomas Wall's own lack of education led to a desire to encourage learning in others, resulting in the establishment of a trust and the construction of the Institute. The adult school is said to have had the best premises in the UK: by 1915 there were social clubs, a library, clubs for maternity and horticulture, debating and temperance societies, a legal advice committee, bible study and English literature classes, and what was claimed to be the finest public gymnasium in southern England.

During World War II bombing was not as heavy as in central London - 434 bombs in total were dropped on Sutton and Cheam, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists 187 civilian casualties.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Sutton Cemetery


 * A17 Alcorn Cl
 * Sutton SM3 9PX
 * Phone: +44 20 8644 9437

Bandon Hill Cemetery


 * Plough La
 * Wallington SM6 8JQ
 * Phone: +44 20 8647 1024

Merton and Sutton Joint Cemetery


 * Garth Rd
 * Morden SM4 4NW
 * Phone: +44 20 8545 3666

Cuddington Cemetery


 * 17 Lindsay Rd
 * Worcester Park KT4 8LF
 * Phone: +44 20 8644 9437

Mordon Cemetery


 * London SM4 4NU
 * Phone: +44 20 8337 4835

Parishes
St Barnabas'


 * 7 Betchworth Cl
 * Sutton SM1 4NR

All Saints


 * All Saints Rd
 * Sutton SM1 3DA
 * Phone: +44 20 8644 9070

St Nicholas'


 * 19 Falcourt Cl
 * Sutton SM1 2RQ
 * Phone: +44 20 8642 3499

St Dunstan's


 * Church Rd
 * Cheam, Sutton SM3 8QH
 * Phone: +44 300 330 1456

St Mary's


 * Church Rd
 * Wallington SM6 7NJ
 * Phone: +44 20 8647 1973

Christ Church


 * Christchurch Park
 * Sutton SM2 5TN
 * Phone: +44 20 8642 2757

St Mary the Virgin


 * The Avenue
 * Worcester Park KT4 7HL
 * Phone: +44 20 8337 4026

St Paul's


 * 183 Mollison Dr
 * Wallington SM6 9HG
 * Phone: +44 20 8647 1201

St John's


 * Northdown Rd
 * Sutton SM2 6DY
 * Phone: +44 20 8643 4656

Non Conformists
Christian non-conformist groups that meet in Sutton Borough include:


 * Baptist
 * Church of Christ
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Emmanuel Community Church
 * Evangelical Free Church
 * First Church of Christ Scientist
 * Hope Church<br
 * Korean Catholic
 * New Life Christian Center
 * Potters House Christian Center
 * Redeemed Christian Church of God
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Unitarian
 * Vineyard

Non Christian groups follow:


 * Baha'i
 * Buddhist
 * Confucian
 * Jewish
 * Hindu
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths records have been kept by the UK government since July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, local parishes of the Church of England, and local branches of other faiths were the only repositories of this information.


 * London Borough of Sutton BMD records


 * ukbmd.org: Sutton registration District


 * free bmd.org: Search for Sutton Records


 * ukbmd.org: Surrey Parish Records


 * Surrey County Council BMD records

Local Histories

 * visionofbritain: Waltham Forest
 * British History on line: Walthamstow


 * Walthamstow Through Time by Lindsay Collier


 * Images of London: Walthamstow by Keith Romig


 * CHingford in History by Kenneth Neale

Maps and Gazetteers

 * openstreetmap.org: Waltham Forest


 * oldmapsonline: Waltham Forest


 * viamichelin: Walthamstow


 * vision of britain: Walthamstow gazetteer


 * [http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/chingford/ hidden london: Chingford Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * Waltham Forest Echo


 * East London and West Essex Guardian


 * London Evening Standard, Walthamstow edition

Occupations
In relative terms, Waltham Forest is now growing faster than any other borough in London. In the last five years the number of jobs in the borough has increased by 30 per cent (the highest in London) and the number of businesses by 40 per cent (the sixth highest increase in London). This in part is due to the significant effect of investment in Olympic legacy projects but also in the overall growth in London and the movement of the capital’s economic activity eastwards.

Like most boroughs in the outer London area, Waltham Forest’s economy is dominated by small businesses, with 94% of companies employing less than 20 people. That said, 220 larger businesses account for 55% of all jobs in the borough.

The top five sectors based on actual growth are:

1) Digital and creative 40%

2) Construction 35%

3) Professional and urban services 30%

4) Manufacturing 35%

5) Retail 10%

Within the Borough, there are 20 employers with more than 250 employees, 500 employers with 20 to 249 employees, and 8050 employers with 1 - 20 employees. This would suggest that small entrepreneurial start ups are the wave of the future, and are being generated primarily in the IT and Creative arenas.

Societies

 * Waltham Forest FHS


 * Walthamstow Historical Society


 * Essex Society for Family History

Archives

 * Waltham Forest Borough Archives


 * The National Archives; Waltham Forest Borough


 * the lost byway: Walthamstow


 * Essex county archives

Web Sites

 * Waltham Forest Council


 * London Borough of Waltham Forest


 * Walthamstow: wikipedia


 * Leyton: wikipedia


 * Chingford: wikipedia


 * Essex County: wikipedia