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Wallington, London
Wallington is a town in the London Borough of Sutton, South London, England, south south-west of Charing Cross. Before the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington merged into the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London in 1965, it was part of the county of Surrey. Wallington is a post town in the SM postcode area. History The name "Wallington" derives from the Old English, Anglo Saxon "Waletone", meaning "village of the Britons". Wallington appears in Domesday Book of 1086 and was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: 11 hide (unit), hides. It had 2 Mill (grinding), mills worth £1 10s 0d, 11 ploughs, of meadow. It rendered £10. The historic village was situated somewhat to the north of the current town centre around what is now Wallington Bridge over the River Wandle. At the time of the Domesday book there were two mill ponds. The mill buildings have long been demolished, but the mill pond survives as The Grange boating lake. In the 1860s one Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carshalton And Wallington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Carshalton and Wallington is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Bobby Dean, a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat. The seat was created at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton. Boundaries and boundary changes 1983–2010 ''The constituency was formed entirely from the renaming of the constituency of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton'' 2010–2024 ''Minor ward boundary changes and renaming'' 2024–present ''Wards renamed'' Political history The seat was created in 1983, replacing the former constituency of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton, which had voted Conservative at every election since its creation in 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945. The new Carshalton and Wallington initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carshalton Park
Carshalton Park is a public park in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south of the High Street, in the area bounded by Ruskin Road, Ashcombe Road, Woodstock Road and The Park. Carshalton Park and some of the surrounding houses, are within a conservation area. History The park today occupies an area of 9.28 hectares, which is about one tenth of its original size. It began to be sold off for housing development in 1892. The northern boundary previously extended as far as the High Street, with the Orangery building situated in The Square once being within the parkland. There were deer in this park up until 1898.''The Book of Carshalton: At the Source of the Wandle'', based on talks by Michael Wilks, published 2002. Plans in the early 18th century to build a new mansion, or palace, in the park involved the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni who was chosen to design the building and carry out landscaping. Only the Orangery was built, although architectural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Elles
Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles (9 June 18486 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Military career Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal. In 1900 he was promoted major-general. He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and was appointed a district commander in Peshawar on 18 October 1895. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Sir William Nicholson (then Adjutant-General in India) was posted to South Africa, and Elles was appointed acting Adjutant-General on 4 January 1900.'ELLES, Lt-Gen Sir Edmond (Roche)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 In Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Memorial, Wallington Green - Geograph
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups. It is generally characterized by widespread violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. ''Warfare'' refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. Etymology The English word ''war'' derives from the 11th-century Old English words and , from Old French ( as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish , ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic . The word is related to the Old Saxon , Old High German , and the modern German , meaning . History Anth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public House
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private houses from those open to the public as alehouses, taverns and inns. Today, there is no strict definition, but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) states a pub has four characteristics: # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to taverns in Roman Britain, and through Anglo-Saxon alehouses, but it was not until the early 19th century that pubs, as they are today, first began to appear. The model also became popular in countries and regions of British influence, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Portelli
Guy Portelli (born 13 June 1957) is a contemporary English sculptor. Life He was born in South Africa in 1957, but moved permanently to England with his parents in 1969, who had each come earlier to Britain to study as art students. He lived largely with his grandfather in Southend, London during the initial move. The family moved to Tonbridge in the early 1970s, where he still lives. He studied at the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge. He left school at 16 to study at Medway College of Art. Originally studying interior design, this changed to a focus on sculpture in his second year. Whilst at college he started his own business, designing theatre sets, employing around twenty people. On graduation, he found work designing hotel interiors but continued a part-time course in sculpture at Chelsea Art College (where his parents had studied). In the late 1970s, he found employment at the BBC's special-effects department, working on sets for ''Doctor Who'' and ''Blake's 7''. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavender
''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the sage family, Lamiaceae. It is native plant, native to the Old World, primarily found across the drier, warmer regions of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, with an affinity for maritime breezes. Lavender is found on the Iberian Peninsula and around the entirety of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastline (including the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast, the Balkans, the Levant, and coastal North Africa), in parts of East Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa and the Middle East, as well as in South Asia and on the Indian subcontinent. Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils. Lavender is used in traditional medicine and as an ingredient in cosmetics. Description The genus includes annual or short-lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Lavender (Portelli Sculpture)
''Lavandula angustifolia'', formerly ''L. officinalis'', is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia etc.). Its common names include lavender, true lavender and English lavender (though it is not native to England); also garden lavender, common lavender and narrow-leaved lavender. Description It is a strongly aromatic shrub growing as high as tall. The leaves are evergreen, long, and broad. The flowers are typically purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes long at the top of slender, leafless stems long. Etymology The species name ''angustifolia'' is Latin for "narrow leaf". Previously, it was known as ''Lavandula officinalis'', referring to its medicinal properties. Cultivation English lavender is commonly grown as an ornamental plant. It is popular for its colourful flowers, its fragrance, and its ability to survive with low water consumption. It does not grow well in continuously damp soil and may ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallington County Grammar School
Wallington County Grammar School (WCGS) is a selective state boys' grammar school with a Mixed-sex education, coeducational Sixth form, Sixth Form located in the London Borough of Sutton. From 1968 to the mid-1990s the school was known as Wallington High School for Boys, one of a handful of List of schools in the London Borough of Sutton#Grammar schools, grammar schools in the borough, History WCGS opened on 19 September 1927 on the 33rd birthday of its founding headmaster, W.T. Hutchins, with 71 pupils, half a mile from the current site. The building had a single storey, with a wooden extension. The school moved to its present site on Croydon Road in 1935. During the Second World War, WCGS was damaged by a V-2, V-2 bomb. All windows were blown out and the roof collapsed. WCGS continued to function, with teachers and students working to rebuild the structure. 52 old boys were killed in action. The 1950s to 1970s marked a period of expansion and development for the school b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Atkinson (Architect)
Robert Atkinson (1 August 1883 – 26 December 1952) was an English people, English architect primarily working in the Art Deco style. Life Atkinson was born in Wigton in Cumberland and studied at University of Nottingham, University College Nottingham, and afterwards in Paris, Italy and America. He was a talented draughtsman and worked for Charles Edward Mallows, C. E. Mallows from 1905. In turn he illustrated many of the town planning and garden designs of Thomas Hayton Mawson, included in the latter's books ''The Art and Craft of Garden Making'', and ''Civic Art'' (1911), to which he contributed a number of skilled perspective views. Atkinson experimented with various styles, including the American Beaux-Arts and oriental, in search of a new modern style. He is known for his cinema designs in English cities, including the 3,000 seat Regent Cinema, Brighton (built 1919–1923; demolished 1974). Described as the "first luxury cinema on the American model", it was really a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallington Town Hall
Wallington Town Hall is a municipal building in Woodcote Road, Wallington, London. It is a Grade II listed building. History In the early 20th century Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council was based at 37 Manor Road, the former offices of Wallington Parish Council. After rapid population growth in the area, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: the site chosen for the new building was "Sunny Bank", a house on Woodcote Road, Wallington, which was bought in 1929. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Mr W. J. Mallinson DL on 12 May 1934. It was designed by Robert Atkinson in the Georgian style, built by Perry (Ealing) Ltd and was officially opened by the Member of Parliament for Mitcham, Sir Richard Meller, on 21 September 1934. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with eleven bays facing onto Woodcote Road; the central section of five bays featured a three-bay porch with fluted pilasters; there was a central window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
