28-639: Nonsuch Park / ˈ n ʌ n ˌ s ʌ tʃ / is a public park between Stoneleigh , Cheam , and Ewell in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey , England. It borders the London Borough of Sutton . It is the last surviving part of the Little Park of Nonsuch, a deer hunting park established by Henry VIII surrounding the former Nonsuch Palace . The western regions of the larger adjacent Great Park of Nonsuch became known as Worcester Park after
56-419: A flock of sheep feeding on the common, till he was out of sight...". In 1959 a major archaeological exploration of the anticipated site of the palace itself was started. This excavation led to a major set of developments in post-medieval archaeology. The site of the palace is marked by three small stone columns which have plaques with the groundplan mounted on them, whilst the layout of the various palace gardens
84-414: A source for chalk for the production of lime required for the construction of Nonsuch Palace". Parts of the quarry and some minor earthworks have been incorporated into the gardens. The local soil includes deposits of clay, suitable for pottery. There is evidence of clay-digging and a pottery in the west of the park from at least 1708 until being discontinued around 1790. The more substantial Nonsuch Pottery
112-617: Is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and is dualled as the Ewell bypass and thereafter to Tolworth Broadway. In conjunction with the A3 it provides an alternative to the congested A24 corridor through Morden and Merton. The A240 runs through three boroughs. Starting in Burgh Heath ( Reigate and Banstead ); most of its course is a direct route skirting Ewell and Stoneleigh ( Epsom and Ewell ) and its finishing section through Tolworth, Surbiton and
140-502: Is a junction for Yew Tree Bottom Road (B284) from the west. Despite the rural nature of the road here with few houses and rarely any pedestrians, the speed limit is a ridiculous 30 mph, reduced from 40 in 2001. The driving speed of the road is 50 mph up and 40 down. However, speed camera and mobile speed trap in the area helps to enforce the speed limit. Just after the A240 meets the A2022 from
168-424: Is so encompassed with parks full of deer, delicious gardens, groves ornamented with trellis-work, cabinets of verdure, and walks so embrowned by trees, that it seems to be a place pitched upon by Pleasure herself, to dwell in along with Health. Hentzner also describes the surrounding gardens, now disappeared and part of the park, as having: many columns and pyramids of marble, two fountains that spout water one round
196-572: Is somewhat coterminous with the current layout of different fields and areas. The site of the banqueting house is clearly visible in the far west of the park near the A240 road ; the Tudor structure was demolished in 1667 but a retaining wall, approximately 1m high, was rebuilt in the nineteenth century incorporating some original Tudor bricks as part of a conversion to an arboretum . The park contains Nonsuch Mansion , also called Nonsuch Park House, which
224-601: The 4th Earl of Worcester was appointed Keeper of the Great Park in 1606. The park contains Nonsuch Mansion , also known as Nonsuch Park House. There is evidence of a possible Iron Age settlement towards the southern side of the park which was identified during road construction in 1939. Pits and hearths containing Iron Age pottery, burnt flints and a spindlewhorl were found, though subsequent archaeological surveys in 1993–1995 revealed no traces of earthworks or surface finds. The Roman road Stane Street passed along
252-836: The Hogsmill stream . The A240 then enters the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London as it goes over the Hogsmill River , a tributary of the River Thames at Tolworth Court Bridge. It then goes under another railway bridge by Tolworth railway station before crossing the A3 at the Tolworth Junction, a grade separated roundabout , which the A3 takes uninterrupted. In rush hour, traffic jams from Tolworth junction can stretch to
280-733: The B2200 at the crossroads with the start of the A232 . At the next crossroads, the A24 heads off north-east, when meeting the B2200 again, whilst the bypass continues, as the A240 north-west and is the boundary between Ewell and Stoneleigh . It becomes Kingston Road at the Beggars Hill Roundabout with Park Avenue West heading east into Stoneleigh, passing near to the Gurteen Recreation Ground. The road then goes under
308-703: The JMC to lease out the Mansion House. At the southern end of the Park there are the concrete foundations of a road abandoned when the Park became Green Belt. Beyond this is Warren Farm, an open space belonging to the Woodland Trust . The London Loop goes through Warren Farm and Nonsuch Park. In the west of the park there is an area, formerly a clay pit as mentioned above, used by the local BMX community containing jumps and trails. Locally known as "Devil's Dyke",
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#1732772349907336-605: The area has been used for this purpose for at least 30 years and has, since 2009, had backing from the Nonsuch Park Joint Management Committee. The area is now fenced off but is clearly visible from nearby footpaths. A 5 km (3.1 mi) parkrun takes place every Saturday morning. Stoneleigh, Surrey Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
364-505: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 546975895 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:39:09 GMT A240 road The A240 is a partially primary status A road in Surrey and Greater London that connects the A217 with the A3 and continues beyond through Surbiton to Kingston upon Thames . The road
392-558: The east; it crosses the Sutton and Mole Valley Epsom Downs branch line immediately before exiting the borough. The road enters the Borough of Epsom and Ewell just before A2022 heads west into Epsom at a roundabout. The speed limit rises to 40 mph for about a mile. The A240 continues on its descent through a short stretch of tree-lined open space including the grounds of NESCOT , the route resumes its tree-lined suburban street verges in
420-541: The highest outskirts of Ewell. The area around Nescot was reduced to 30 mph in 2009 following a series of near misses and accidents outside the college. At the bottom of this incline the elevation reaches 45m OD and the A24 joins from the southwest. After meeting the A24 the gradient slows it runs concurrently with the A24 road as the Ewell Bypass and becomes a dual carriageway . The bypass shortly afterwards meets
448-477: The junction with Thorndon Gardens. Now as a non-primary road and a single carriageway road again, the A240 continues north-west as commercial Tolworth Broadway passing a well-known landmark, Tolworth Tower, before becoming longer Ewell Road which gently ascends from 24 to 32m where it crosses the South West Main Line northeast of Surbiton railway station . The road turns north-by-northwest with
476-486: The land was purchased by four councils in 1937 to save it from development as part of the establishment of the Metropolitan Green Belt . The title deeds to the land are held in trust by Surrey County Council . The JMC has run the park and Epsom and Sutton Councils have paid for the upkeep of the park with no financial support from Surrey County Council. In 2007 Surrey County Council rejected a proposal by
504-479: The northwestern boundary of what is now Nonsuch Park (the modern day London Road/ A24 ) on its way from London to Chichester via the nearby spring at Ewell . The village of Cuddington was located within the current Nonsuch Park. It appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Codintone . Its domesday assets were: 5 hides ; 1 mill worth 3 shillings ; and 9 ploughs . It rendered £9 12s. Its total population
532-417: The other like a pyramid, upon which are perched small birds that stream water out of their bills... a very agreeable fountain, with Actaeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her nymphs, with inscriptions... [and] another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spurt upon all who come within their reach. Regarding the name "Nonesuch", Hentzner comments that it was justified as it
560-596: The railway line near Stoneleigh railway station with the Ewell Court neighbourhood to the west. The road then passes Stoneleigh Park Road traffic lights, for the railway station, or Bradford Drive, and Thorndon Gardens traffic lights. See traffic mentioned below. The road bisects a northern spur of West Ewell where it meets the B284, again, at Ruxley Lane. The B284 then branches off at the next junction on Worcester Park Road just before non-humped Tolworth Court Bridge over
588-523: The site of the village of Cuddington, which was completely demolished including the manor house, great barn, 12th-century church and churchyard. The landowner, Richard Codington, received the dissolved Priory, manor, rectory and lands of Ixworth , Suffolk . This transaction took place in November 1538. The name "Nonesuch" was given as, it was claimed, there was "none such place like it" in Europe. The palace
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#1732772349907616-598: The south of Kingston in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames the A240's Greater London borough. Branching off the A217 on at Burgh Heath, at the north of a plateau of the North Downs at 178m OD , the road descends northwest passing the large village of Great Burgh or Epsom Downs as a single carriageway primary road, through traffic-lit crossroad junctions with the suburban B2221 (Tattenham Way and Great Tattenhams) . The B2221 branches off and after there
644-576: The tangent before this bend being a short link road ( A3210 ) the first of three straight roads to central Surbiton. In north Surbiton it winds downhill quickly between has two junctions with roads that form the B3363 to central Surbiton. From then on it heads straight towards the B3365, the link road to the A307 where the road bends to the north. It passes County Hall and Kingston University (Penrhyn Road) as
672-477: Was "without an equal" and says that a post read: "This, which no equal has in art or fame, Britons deservedly do NONESUCH name." Samuel Pepys visited the area on numerous occasions, often staying in nearby "Yowell" (Ewell), and described the park as having "A great walk of an elme and a walnutt set one after another in order." On 26 July 1663, Pepys wrote that whilst riding in the area of the park and palace, his "...little dogg, as he used to do, fell a-running after
700-482: Was built in the mid-eighteenth century and extended by Jeffry Wyattville at the beginning of the nineteenth in Tudor Gothic style. It is Grade II* listed by English Heritage . There was a chalk quarry located in what is now the gardens of Nonsuch Mansion. It dates back to at least 1731 as it was marked "Chalk Pitt" on an estate map, but it is probable that it dates back further and is "thought to have been
728-475: Was established in about 1800 in a similar area between London Road and Vicarage Lane and produced deep black abrasive rubbing bricks. The pottery no longer exists, but it was still shown on Ordnance Survey maps from at least 1913. The site is now partially occupied by BMX ramps and trails. Nonsuch Park and the Mansion have been managed by Epsom and Sutton Councils through a joint management committee (JMC) since
756-463: Was incomplete when Henry VIII died in 1547 and it was later pulled down around 1682–1683 and the building materials sold off to pay gambling debts of the then owner Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine . In his 1598 account of his travels around England ("Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth"), Paul Hentzner describes favourably the palace and the surrounding parks: The palace itself
784-470: Was recorded as 28 households. Part of the Medieval (possibly Early Medieval or even Roman) trackway Vicarage Lane passes through the southwest of the park from Ewell Castle School towards the site of Nonsuch Palace and would have originally passed through the village of Cuddington. The track is now considerably sunken but is still a public right of way. In 1538 Henry VIII had Nonsuch Palace built on
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