Sutton, SM2

Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated 10.6 miles (17 km) south south-west of Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.

Sutton was recorded as Sudtone in a charter of Chertsey Abbey believed to have been drawn up in the late seventh-century when the Manor was granted to the Abbot of Chertsey by Frithwald, Governor of Surrey. Some sources state the early name as Suthtone or Sudtana instead. Other place names that appear in this charter are Bedintone, Cegeham (Cheam), and Aeweltone (Carshalton).

The name Sutton is often assumed to have meant "south town", but Sudtone probably meant "south enclosure", from the Anglo-Saxon "ton" for enclosure. In Surrey, an early enclosure was usually a farm, and in Sutton it most likely refers to Oldfields farm, which lay on the southern slope from Rose Hill to the Angel. It was a "south" enclosure because it lay south of the Roman road Stane Street.

Sutton railway station was opened on 10 May 1847. Likely due to the new, fast link to central London, Sutton's population more than doubled between 1851 and 1861. New housing to accommodate this growth was constructed in the Lind Road area, and called the "New Town". Today, a pub on the corner of Lind Road and Greyhound Road is named The New Town.

Sutton Water Company was incorporated in 1863, and the provision of water mains finally allowed houses to be built outside of the area defined by the water-yielding Thanet Sands. The Lord of the Manor at the time, Mr Alcock, sold land that was previously unsuitable for residential buildings, making it available for new construction. Sutton's population more than doubled between 1861 and 1871.

The Sutton parish formed Sutton Sanitary District in 1882. In 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, it was replaced with Sutton Urban District. The district was renamed Sutton and Cheam Urban District in 1928 and in 1934 gained the status of municipal borough. In 1965 the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and its area transferred to Greater London to be combined with that of other boroughs to form the London Borough of Sutton.

Nearest places :
Belmont
Carshalton
Cheam
Banstead
St. Helier
Wallington

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