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36-483: From at least the year 1278 its historic bulky northern definition formed part of the dominant estate of Laleham across the river, its manor , to which it was linked by a ferry until the early 20th century. Its owner in period from the mid-19th until the early 20th century was thus the Earl of Lucan ; however when its manor house was sold to become Laleham Abbey , a short-lived nunnery, its tenants had taken it over or it

72-521: A baseball match between American and Canadian soldiers. Today the park is still a recreation ground, and football and cricket are still played there. Part of the site was used as the Heath Clark school, later part of Croydon College , which has now been developed into housing. The road is a section of the Ewell to Orpington A232 road , preceded by Stafford Road to the west and succeeded by

108-531: A cupola . Maria II of Portugal stayed here for the English part of her tour of three European courts due to Miguel of Portugal 's 1826–1834 insurrection. It was for some decades let to the Catholic Church in the early 20th century, acquiring its Abbey status as a Nunnery. The house was divided into apartments in 1981. All Saints' Church is an evangelical Anglican Church. It has a hatchment of

144-423: A Church of England primary school, an archery club and Burway Rowing Club. Laleham has 25 listed buildings . Church Farmhouse, next to All Saints' church, is an early 17th-century brick farmhouse with Georgian alterations. It is an example of a central chimney house with a standard layout for such a house. On either side of the central chimney is a living room and the entrance is through a tiled two-storey porch,

180-580: A broad corollary of the river beside them), the narrower definition comprised 200 acres (81 ha). In 1911 these remained largely for horse and cow pasture . Part of it was a cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of Chertsey Cricket Club . The near-triangular bulk of the ground measured as about 200 acres (81 ha) on the right bank of the Thames in 1911 constitutes its narrow, historical definition to distinguish Laleham Burway's at times separate ownership from Abbey Mead. This north part of

216-554: A farren was sold it was worth about £40. The Burway was not inclosed under the Act of 1773 for inclosing the common fields of Laleham Manor in Chertsey, exempted from the Act of 1808 for inclosing Laleham but inclosed under an Act passed in 1813, when the Earl of Lucan , new lord of the manor, acquired by allotment and purchase about 70 acres (28 ha). Laleham Burway (including Abbey Mead, its parent and together forming one main island)

252-536: A field which is now part of Matthew Arnold School . Iron Age spearheads from the 5th century have been found in the Thames at the point where a ferry used to run. Tenth century charters, see Chertsey Abbey (which long owned the lands surrounding its Abbey across the Thames) record the village/parish as Laelham . The Middlesex section of the Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Leleham . The manor

288-508: A first-class club, the only time this happened, six with Surrey teams as the home side and one where an England side played a Hampshire side . The ground is known to have been used by Chertsey until June 1784, although it has been used in the 20th century for some cricket. Chetsey Cricket Club had "ceased to exist" by 1856 and its revival began at the Recreation Ground in Chertsey, followed by its present ground, Grove Road, after

324-474: A long history of sport and recreation. It is said that jousting took place there in medieval times and the story goes that Lord William de Warenne was treacherously slain there during a joust in 1286. Duppas Hill was used by Croydon Cricket Club for cricket matches in the 18th century. The earliest known match took place in 1707 when Croydon played the London Club . It is recorded frequently in

360-499: Is described as separated from Mixtenham (or Mixnams ) "by water", which formed part of the boundary of the abbey lands, but it is not clear which of the two lay within the bounds of the abbey. Tradition says that the Burway originally belonged to Chertsey, and that in a time of great scarcity and famine the inhabitants of Laleham supplied the abbey with necessaries which those of Chertsey could not, or would not provide, in return for which

396-430: Is in a grant of Laleham manor during the 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century it is described as paying no tithes or taxes to either parish. In 1911 it belonged to owners of estates within the manor of Laleham, and the pasture was divided into 300 parts called 'farrens,' the tenancies of which was granted variously to feed horses or to support cow and a half at £1 17s. 6d. and £1 5s. annually, respectively. If

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432-570: Is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free). [REDACTED] Surrey portal [REDACTED] Media related to Laleham at Wikimedia Commons Duppas Hill Duppas Hill (or Duppa's Hill ) is a park, road and surrounding residential area in Waddon , near Croydon in Greater London (and historically in Surrey ). Duppas Hill has

468-542: Is named after him. His father Dr Thomas Arnold was headmaster of Rugby School , travelled widely and settled his family in Laleham. In 1803 Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan bought the manor from William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale . Both Arnold and Lucan family names are prominent in All Saints' parish church, with memorials to various generations of those families. Lord Bingham , 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–88),

504-680: Is the largest island of the non-tidal course of the River Thames in England upstream of the Tideway — if disqualifying the villages of Dorney and Eton, Berkshire enclosed by the 2002-completed Jubilee River . During the 1736 English cricket season Chertsey Cricket Club played matches against Croydon and London . It is known that two games were played against Croydon before July that season: one at Duppas Hill in Croydon and

540-628: The Earls of Lucan in the north aisle; east of the vestry in the churchyard is the Lucan gravesite. Laleham has a Methodist church in Edinburgh Drive. An Elim Pentecostal Church , Kingdom Living Church, also meets at the Methodist church. The poet and critic Matthew Arnold was born in the village and is buried in All Saints' parish churchyard. A local county-supported comprehensive school

576-586: The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,000 to create Croydon's first recreation ground. It was laid out with paths, a bandstand , pavilion and an ornate drinking fountain. The Board of Health had to deal with cattle trespassing, drinking booths and other problems. The Board had proposed enclosing it with iron posts and railings intending to turn the area into a park rather than a recreation ground for all to enjoy sports and games freely, and in particular aimed to restrict horse-riding. Some of

612-770: The Field Marshal who reluctantly passed on the order for the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 is buried in the churchyard; along with Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan , George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan and their countesses. Gabrielle Anwar , actress and star of the Fox television series Burn Notice was born in Laleham and attended Laleham C of E Primary and Middle School 1975–82. Other notable family names are Buckland and Honor and

648-532: The First World War . 51°24′N 0°30′W  /  51.400°N 0.500°W  / 51.400; -0.500 Laleham Laleham is a village on the River Thames , in the borough of Spelthorne , about 17 mi (27 km) west of central London, England. Historically part of the county of Middlesex , it was transferred to Surrey in 1965. Laleham is downriver from Staines-upon-Thames and upriver from Chertsey . The north of

684-464: The 1730s as the home venue of Croydon and sometimes by Surrey teams . Duppas Hill was the site of the Croydon workhouse . In 1726 the Vestry of Croydon resolved to erect the town's first workhouse at a site on what was then called Dubber's or Duppa's hill, after Bishop Brian Duppa . The establishment was open by the end of the following year and governed by a committee of Trustees. In 1836 it became

720-407: The 1820s and 1830s. It is a Grade II* listed building , the middle classification. Its private demesne (park) spanned 83 acres (34 ha), much of which is a public amenity, with riverside refreshments, playgrounds, football areas, fishing, camping and a cross-country circuit. The house is neoclassical with a Doric portico . Inside are marble floors and columns, a semi-circular staircase and

756-479: The Board wanted to ban horse-riding completely on the public open space, others to ban grooms exercising horses but not the general public riding for pleasure. Sir Francis Head , a famous soldier who lived at Duppas Hall overlooking the park, chaired a large public meeting to prevent the enclosure, wrote letters and memoranda to the press and headed a memorial of 3,500 people protesting against enclosure. He argued that

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792-614: The Croydon Poor Law Union workhouse. The workhouse moved to a new building at Thornton Heath in 1866, but the infirmary remained in the Duppas Hill buildings until 1885 and the establishment of a new infirmary (later Mayday Hospital, and now Croydon University Hospital ) close to the new workhouse. There has been a public park at Duppas Hill since 1865, when the Croydon Board of Health bought land from

828-702: The abbot granted them the use of this piece of ground. Whatever the truth of this story, it is certain that the Abbey of Westminster when holding Laleham manor held land on the Surrey side of the river, and that in the time of Edward I it held part of the meadow called Mixtenham — in a dispute with the abbey of Chertsey in 1278, Westminster agreed to release their right in this meadow in return for 4 acres of pasture contiguous with that which they already held. In 1370 they still held some pasture in Mixtenham. The Burway

864-553: The area has a number of sports fields, including the Staines and Laleham Sports Ground, and two family pubs , one each on the Laleham and Ashford Roads. Laleham Park, by the River Thames , is south of the village. Laleham is just over 3 miles (5 km) from three motorway junctions. The nearest railway station is Staines , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north, on the Waterloo to Reading Line . Two Surrey County Council bus routes serve

900-412: The band Wings lived in Laleham in the late 1970s. The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. The proportion of households in the town who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining %

936-487: The banks of the Thames near the site of Laleham Manor House (later briefly a Catholic revival 'Abbey'). In 1970 the clustered village centre of Laleham was designated a conservation area . The traditional borders resemble Staines in being a long tract of land, rarely more than 1 mile (1.6 km) east–west. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 3166. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. Today, Laleham has

972-498: The four houses at Laleham school are Buckland (Red), Arnold (Blue), Honor (Yellow) and Lucan (Green). The Reverend Andy Buckland was Matthew Arnold's maternal uncle; Buckland primary School in Staines was named after him. The Reynell Baronets , originally from Devon , were substantial landowners at Laleham. Coal and mining administrator, Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham lived with his wife at Laleham Abbey after his retirement in 1982. Denny Laine , and Steve Holley of

1008-412: The horse riders protected defenceless ladies, but he was eventually satisfied with notices forbidding people from exercising their horses, with Duppas Hill becoming the space for recreation it still is today. The ground was used for public celebrations and firework displays. On the eve of the 1926 General Strike , it was the venue of a mass rally of trade unionists and workers. In World War II it hosted

1044-624: The island later thus marked Laleham Burway (also called the Burway) was divided from the Abbey Mead of Chertsey by a seasonal ditch, the Burway Ditch, and by another from the meadow of Mixnams on the north. The triangle was equally Chertsey parish, but belonged to the manor of Laleham. It is mentioned as the Island of Burgh in the original endowment of Chertsey Abbey between 666 and 675, and

1080-563: The other at the Laleham Burway ground. Numerous matches were played at Laleham Burway during the 18th century. Perhaps the most famous was the one in which Thomas White's huge bat caused a furore that led to a change in the Laws of Cricket . This was the Chertsey v Hambledon game on Monday, 23 and Tuesday, 24 September 1771. Eight first-class cricket matches were held on the ground between 1773 and 1779, one with Chertsey classified as

1116-559: The stairs filling the space on the opposite side of the chimney. It once housed the Lucan's bailiff. It was sold in 1966 by the profligate 7th Earl . Eight years later he was suspected of the murder of his family nanny in Lower Belgrave Street , London and disappeared. 51°24′11″N 0°29′19″W  /  51.4031°N 0.4887°W  / 51.4031; -0.4887  ( Laleham Abbey/House ) Laleham Abbey

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1152-416: The village. The poet Matthew Arnold (1822–88) lived here, dividing his time between Laleham and Rugby School . The toponym "Laleham" comes from lael meaning twig and hamm (land in a river bend) or from Lella's ham (cognate with holm or homestead), meaning farmstead owned by a person named similarly to the first syllable. There may have been a 1st-century Roman marching camp in the far north, in

1188-551: Was Laleham House or Laleham Manor House from the medieval period until 1928, the sole manor in the parish and taking in 200 acres (0.81 km ) on the opposite bank of the river let out to agricultural tenants — Laleham Burway after a medieval grant from and dispute with Chertsey Abbey . Designed by J.B. Papworth , the house was wholly rebuilt in 1803–06 as the British country seat of The 2nd Earl of Lucan , an Anglo-Irish peer, and altered, employing Papworth again, in

1224-516: Was held partly by Fécamp Abbey from Robert of Mortain and by Estrild, the nun; its owner before Norman Conquest there recorded as Aki (the Dane). Middlesex formed the far south of the Danelaw . Its Domesday assets were: 10 hides of land, 6½ ploughs , 5 ploughlands , meadow and cattle pasture. Its villagers and chief tenants rendered £5 per year to its feudal overlords. The manor of Laleham

1260-538: Was sold for public works. The southern part of the effective island sharing the name of the Burway or Laleham Burway was the Abbey Mead . It was kept since the seventh century among many square miles of land, priories, chantries, tithes (rectories) and churches of Chertsey Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries . The part legally separate from Abbey Mead (being together a large mill-race island with

1296-445: Was within a few generations held by Westminster Abbey throughout its monetary heyday. The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century but was largely rebuilt in brick about 1600 and the present tower was built in 1780. It is a Grade I listed building . The church has a stained glass window by Wilhelmina Geddes . In the 13th century Westminster Abbey records its Laleham grange and watermill on

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