Carshalton, Surrey

Description
Carshalton (pronounced Casehorton), a village and a parish in Surrey, on the L.B. & S.C.R., 12 miles from London. The village stands on the river Wandle, which is here joined by several copious springs rising in the parish, and forming in the centre of the town a fine expanse of water in which there is good trout fishing. It was known at Domesday as Aulton, and was once a market-town. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) Acreage of the civil parish, 2926; population, 6425; of the ecclesiastical, 4374. Carshalton Park was formerly the seat of Sir N. Throckmorton, Dr. Radcliffe, and the Scawens, and is now the seat of the Taylor family. The parish has flour, paper, and snuff mills, also some large ironworks. A spring over-arched with stone, close to the churchyard, is traditionally associated with Queen Anne Boleyn, and bears her name. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; net value, £270. The church is Early English, restored and enlarged in 1893 at a cost of £10,000, and contains a remarkable brass of Sheriff Gaynesford, who died in 1490, and three elaborate monuments of the 18th century. There are two mission churches, a police station, a large public hall, and a United Methodist chapel. The town is under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan police, and is governed by a Local Board. It is supplied with water from works at Sutton.