Tolworth
Sign in to saveTolworth is a suburban area in the Surbiton district, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. It is southwest of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Berrylands, Chessington, Epsom, Ewell, Kingston, Long Ditton, New Malden, Surbiton and Worcester Park. Surbiton is the nearest, about a mile to the northwest. Tolworth is divided in two by the A3 Kingston Bypass and is situated slightly north of the Greater London-Surrey border.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.static_image_name
- Alexandra Recreation Ground, Tolworth - geograph.org.uk - 255855.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Alexandra Recreation Ground, with the Tolworth Tower in the distance
- UK place.population
- 9,833
- UK place.population_ref
- (From 2016)
- UK place.official_name
- Tolworth
- UK place.london_borough
- Kingston
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kingston & Surbiton
- UK place.post_town
- SURBITON
- UK place.postcode_area
- KT
- UK place.postcode_district
- KT5, KT6
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ197659
- Building.name
- Tolworth Tower
- Building.image
- 265px
- Building.caption
- The Tolworth Tower
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- History
- Station Estate
- Wartime bomb damage
- Ace of Spades
- Historic bus stop
- Musical heritage
- Tesco-owned former green fields
- Description
- Facilities
- Tolworth Tower
- Tolworth Greenway
- Tolworth Court Farm
- Community centre
- Police stations
- Tolworth Hospital
- Churches
- Development
- Economy
- Industry
- Hillaldam and Galleon
- Radar
- Motor industry
- Aircraft and Armaments Manufacture
- Commerce
- Nearby attractions
- Transport
- National Rail
- London Buses
- Road
- Education
- Sport and recreation
- Politics
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Tolworth is a suburban area in the Surbiton district, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. It is southwest of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Berrylands, Chessington, Epsom, Ewell, Kingston, Long Ditton, New Malden, Surbiton and Worcester Park. Surbiton is the nearest, about a mile to the northwest. Tolworth is divided in two by the A3 Kingston Bypass and is situated slightly north of the Greater London-Surrey border.
==History== Tolworth, in the Domesday Book, was called Taleorde. Its Domesday assets were held partly by Picot from Richard de Tonebrige and partly by Radulf (Ralph) from the Bishop of Bayeux. It rendered: hides; also 4 hides with Long Ditton; 1 mill without dues, 8 ploughs, acres and rod of meadow. It rendered £6.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tolworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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