54-641: Surbiton Park is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, United Kingdom. It was the southernmost part of the pre-1965 Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey and corresponds roughly to the southernmost part of the present-day Kingston upon Thames postal district. It lies between Portsmouth Road, Kingston and Maple Road, Surbiton and includes Surbiton Crescent, Anglesea Road, Palace Road and Uxbridge Road. It
108-622: A local government district in 1866. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . New Malden was enlarged in 1895 to take in the neighbouring parishes of Coombe and Malden , at which point the urban district was renamed The Maldens and Coombe. Surbiton was also enlarged in 1895, absorbing the parishes of Hook and Tolworth , and again in 1933 when it absorbed Chessington . Both urban districts were incorporated to become municipal boroughs in 1936, at which point The Maldens and Coombe
162-507: A Borough Charter in 1936, was incorporated into the new Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The old borough boundary remained for some time as constituency and ward boundaries, but these have now been moved. During the last two decades of the 20th century attitudes changed towards buildings of historical interest. Steps were taken to protect the architectural heritage of the area and Cadogan Road and Claremont Road Conservation Areas both include parts of Surbiton Park. This gently curving road
216-619: A history of the house, on the UK Genealogy Archives website. Sir Sidney died in 1931 and soon afterwards Surbiton Hall was demolished. Semi-detached houses were built in Surbiton Road, Maple Road, Surbiton Crescent and a new cul-de-sac called Surbiton Hall Close. During the Second World War a V-1 flying bomb, or doodlebug, destroyed houses on Portsmouth Road between Palace Road and Uxbridge Road. This led to
270-585: A majority of 3,731 but she was beaten in the May 2010 election by Conservative Zac Goldsmith with a majority of 4,091. Goldsmith retained his seat at the 2015 general election , with a greatly increased majority of 23,015. Goldsmith stood as an Independent candidate in the by-election held on 1 December 2016, but was defeated by Sarah Olney , a Liberal Democrat, after the Conservative Party decided not to put forward its own candidate. Goldsmith regained
324-521: A very wide range of academic subjects : art and design, biology, business, chemistry, classical civilisation, classical Greek, computer science, dance, drama, design and technology textiles, design and technology product design, English language, English literature, French, German, geography, history of art, Latin, mathematics, further mathematics, music, politics, religious studies, philosophy, physics, photography, psychology, Spanish, sociology and sport science. Surbiton High School prides itself in being one
378-629: A view of the East Front of Hampton Court Palace and is directly in line with the Long Water. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London . The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington , Malden Rushett , New Malden , Surbiton and Tolworth . It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in England. The others are Windsor and Maidenhead ,
432-624: Is Bentalls , started by Frank Bentall in 1867 in Clarence Street, where it (or at least the completely rebuilt Bentall Centre ) stands. Close to Kingston, and located between Kingston, Richmond and Roehampton, is Richmond Park , one of the oldest of London's royal parks. The borough is home to the highest number of South Koreans in Europe, in the town of New Malden . Kingston has many attractions in and near it, ranging from nature and historical attractions to theme parks . Some of
486-769: Is a private day school in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames , Greater London , England . It has seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior School and the Sixth Form. The school was founded in 1884 by a group of Anglican clergymen who instituted the Church Schools Company . Its objective was "to establish superior education for girls in accordance with
540-499: Is a development of between-the-wars houses called Riverside Close. In the aerial picture this area appears to be a field, so it is clear that it never formed part of the Woods estate. This was the most prestigious of all the roads in the Woods development. It is very wide - there would be room to turn a horse-drawn carriage - and the aerial picture shows eleven mansions of similar design, well spaced and with large gardens. The road affords
594-623: Is almost identical to the coat of arms of the Swedish municipality of Laholm . Both coats of arms can be traced back to the 16th century. The arms of the Norwegian town of Mandal is also similar, but more recent. In 1966 the newly created London Borough added a set crests and supporters taken from the localities merged into it. The crest came from the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe , with that borough's arms hung from
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#1732773390395648-486: Is largely residential, but there are office buildings and a school on the eastern side. The Surbiton Park estate was established after the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century. It occupies much of the grounds of a minor stately home, which survived until the 1930s. Surbiton Park was developed as a residential area in the middle of the 19th century after the opening of the London and Southampton Railway. However, by
702-534: Is now used as offices. The eccentric spelling of this road's name remains as a historical curiosity, but it is clear that it was named in honour of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey , the most illustrious owner of Surbiton Place. He played a significant rôle in the Battle of Waterloo and was awarded his marquessate shortly afterwards. Towards the end of the battle he lost a leg, but survived this injury and lived on into his middle 80s. However, he did not live in
756-491: Is the Italianate church on Portsmouth Road known as St Raphael's . By the time Raphael died in 1850, major changes had begun to take place to the south of Kingston. The railway had reached the area in the late 1830s and the present-day town of Surbiton had started to grow up near the station. Raphael's heir, his nephew Edward Raphael, sold most of the estate for housing development. Just three acres of land remained with
810-468: Is the principal thoroughfare of the area. The main bus route between Kingston and Surbiton town centres passes along it, as did the tram and then trolleybus routes in earlier times. Just one Victorian mansion survives, at the northern end of the western side. The greater part of the eastern side is taken up by Surbiton High School , a well respected independent Church of England school, mainly for girls. An office building called Sutherland House stands on
864-838: The London Assembly , the borough forms part of the South West constituency. The borough includes the whole of the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency and part of the Richmond Park Constituency with both constituencies being created in 1997. The previous constituencies re-arranged to form these two had been essentially Conservative. In 1997 the Liberal Democrats won both seats. Jenny Tonge took Richmond Park constituency and in 2005 Susan Kramer became its Liberal Democrat MP with
918-478: The Ordnance Survey 25in. map also describes the building as Surbiton House . Ten years later, in the 1871 census return, the house is described as Surbiton Hall . The coach house is not mentioned, neither does it appear on the 1865 O.S. map. Most of Raphael's estate was bought by William Woods, a speculative builder. He laid out the four principal streets of Surbiton Park in what had been the grounds of
972-694: The Sixth Form Centre, as well as sports grounds at Hinchley Wood and Oaken Lane. The current principal of Surbiton High School is Hannah Horwood who has been at the school for 14 years. Surbiton High School takes female students from 4 years old to 18 years old, while the Boys' Preparatory School caters for 4 to 11 year olds. Surbiton High School has a highly selective admissions process and students usually perform extremely well in GCSE and A-Level exams. 2024 GCSE exam results: 46% of all grades awarded at
1026-485: The Thames on the other side of Portsmouth Road from Surbiton Park. This shopping parade was built in 1851 on the north-east side of Surbiton Road to serve the new residential area. A wide variety of traders occupied the shops. For example, Samuel Fry set up a photographic studio at 9, Surbiton Park Terrace in 1865. The words Surbiton Park Terrace are visible on the façade of the 20th century parade of shops built opposite
1080-544: The Thames. Thus a large part of the original Surbiton, including the big house and its park, remained inside Kingston and was not subject to the Commissioners. A wall between Maple House and Home Court, both in Maple Road, runs along the line of this former boundary. In 1884 Surbiton High School was founded by Anglican clergymen and it is still in existence. In 1906 Surbiton Park became a great deal noisier with
1134-500: The best schools in the United Kingdom for girls' sports. The school has been shortlisted for Times Educational Supplement (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award. The School's SAS (Surbiton Advanced Sports) programme mentors their high performing athlete girls, helping them coordinate their training and competition schedule with their academic work. The school's sporting grounds are at
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#17327733903951188-510: The borough are operated by South Western Railway, who provide regular services to and from London Waterloo . Railway stations in the borough: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 26.1% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 7.1%; bus, minibus or coach, 7.1%; on foot, 6.9%; work mainly at or from home, 4.3%; bicycle, 2.8%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 2.5%. The Kingston coat of arms displays three salmon and its shield
1242-599: The borough continued to have Surrey postal addresses until postal counties were abolished in 1996. Districts mainly use the KT postcode , except from the parts of Ham in the borough which use the TW code, and the Kingston Vale area in the north-east which has an SW15 postcode. Areas in the borough include: The local authority is Kingston Council, which is based at Kingston upon Thames Guildhall . Since 2000, for elections to
1296-539: The borough's attractions are: Kingston is the 3rd largest retail centre by employment, in London. Sega Amusements International , responsible for the production of arcade games outside Japan, has its head office in Chessington , Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Lidl relocated its UK Headquarters to Kingston in 2020. Sopwith Aviation Company had a factory in the Canbury Park area of Kingston, where
1350-403: The coming of the tramway. The route between Kingston and Surbiton town centre passed along Surbiton Crescent, although this necessitated the demolition of a shop at the junction with Surbiton Road. Mrs Shrubsole died in 1914 after four decades of widowhood. The next occupant of Surbiton Hall was also its last, Sir Sidney Pocock. He had an adventurous life and there is a biography of him, including
1404-405: The country. Kingston was often described as a royal borough , with its right to that title being formally confirmed in 1927. The old borough did not cover the whole parish of Kingston upon Thames, and separate local government arrangements were later put in place for the outlying parts of the parish. Surbiton was made an improvement commissioners district in 1855, and New Malden was made
1458-533: The creation of a new road called Home Park Walk. The post-war period has not been kind to Surbiton Park. Many of the Woods mansions and houses have been demolished and replaced piecemeal with blocks of flats and houses of various designs. Only in Uxbridge Road does there remain a substantial group of Victorian houses. In 1965 the Greater London area was created and Surbiton, which had been granted
1512-750: The famous Sopwith Camel was produced during World War I . The Hawker Hurricane was designed in a site in Kingston town centre and built in the aviation factory near Ham now known as the Hawker Centre. Primary responsibility for education in the borough lies with the local education authority. Free schools : Academy schools : Grammar schools: Independent Schools Kingston has nine South Western Railway stations and two centrally located bus stations , but no London Underground or other Transport for London stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. Coaching interests in Kingston opposed
1566-445: The first decade of the 21st century the name was fading from the public consciousness. It appeared to survive principally in the wording Surbiton Park Terrace on the 20th-century row of shops on the south-west side of Surbiton Road, just to the north of the original park. During that decade Surbiton Park sub-post office was closed and the bus stop formerly known as Surbiton Park Terrace was renamed Surbiton Road/Penrhyn Road . From
1620-419: The highest level of Grade 9. Over 91% of all grades were awarded a Grade 7 or above and 100% of grades were Grade 9-4. 2024 A-level exam results and advancement to higher education: 62% of all grades were A* to A and over 85% of grades were A* to B. 81% of students headed to Russell Group and Times Top 10 Universities, and medical or dental schools with eleven Oxbridge students. The school's 6th Form offers
1674-481: The house to any great extent after he inherited it, selling it when his mother died. An aerial photograph said to have been taken in June, 1920 shows a good number of Woods period houses on the north side of Anglesea Road. Of these nos. 1 and 2, which are a pair of semi-detached houses, and no. 12, which is attached to 28, Portsmouth Road (Anglesea Lodge), have survived. Between St Raphael's Church and Anglesea Road there
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1728-596: The house, which was occupied by the family of John Shrubsole, a banker and draper, until the death of his widow in 1914. Generally speaking, the house was known as Surbiton Hall during the Shrubsole period, but there is evidence that it was also referred to as Surbiton House. Adjacent to a 20th-century residential block in Surbiton Road called Garrick House, there is a wall on which is a plaque bearing this inscription: THIS W(ALL I)S THE BOUNDARY OF, AND BELONGS TO SURBITON HOUSE MAY 19TH 1863. The name Surbiton House
1782-415: The house. He built large houses for the well-heeled, including some fine pairs of semi-detached houses, as well as some substantial mansions. The estate included a considerable amount of land south of the park, but not abutting to it. Woods built houses in several streets in this area, including Cadogan Road, which he named after Anglesey's second wife, Charlotte. A little later he created Grove Road, which
1836-609: The local council offices, the Guildhall. A coin from the reign of each of those kings is set into the base of the stone. The town of Kingston upon Thames was an ancient borough , having been formally incorporated in 1441, with a long history prior to that as a royal manor dating back to Saxon times. The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , which standardised how most boroughs operated across
1890-409: The mid 18th century until the early 1930s a large house stood on the south-west side of what is now Surbiton Road, Kingston, close to the junction with what is now Maple Road, Surbiton. To the south and west of the main building there was an extensive park. The house was known at different times as Surbiton Place, Surbiton House and Surbiton Hall. It was built for William Roffee, a wealthy distiller, at
1944-482: The nearby Hinchley Wood Playing Fields. Both the senior school's and the prep school's gymnastics team regularly win regional and national titles. In the most recent, post-Covid years of 2024, 2023 and 2022 the gymnastics team won the BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association ) floor and vault national title or podium places, as well as the acrobatic gymnastics national trophy. In April 2024 every single gymnast
1998-858: The neck of the stag, and the supporters taken from Municipal Borough of Surbiton , with again its arms hanging from the stags' necks. Although not officially 'twinned', The Royal Borough of Kingston has a partner city of Oldenburg in Germany and Gwanak-gu , an administrative subdivision of Seoul , in South Korea . Some road signs announce that Kingston is linked with Delft in the Netherlands but this official link has ended. The Borough of Kingston upon Thames has several football clubs in its area: Other sports: 51°23′N 0°17′W / 51.39°N 0.28°W / 51.39; -0.28 Surbiton High School Surbiton High School
2052-423: The new town of Surbiton was placed in the hands of Improvement Commissioners and this ensured that it was independent of Kingston. The Commissioners were replaced by an Urban District Council in 1894. The boundary between Kingston and Surbiton ran down the middle of Maple Road to a point a little south of Uxbridge Road, and then turned abruptly west and ran behind the houses on the south side of Uxbridge Road towards
2106-409: The northern side of the junction with Maple Road, Surbiton. It replaces a Victorian mansion of the same name which served as a school for a while in the 19th century. It is understood that Thomas Anstey Guthrie , the writer F. Anstey, attended this school and used it as a model for the school in his 1882 novel Vice Versa . One mansion survives on Maple Road, just to the north of Sutherland House. It
2160-401: The original Terrace. This striking neo-Gothic building was completed in 1866 and stood on the south-west corner of the junction between Grove Road and Maple Road for more than a century. Its site is now occupied by a row of houses. Since the demolition of this church there has been no tangible connection between the southern part of the Woods development and the name Surbiton Park . In 1855
2214-547: The plan of the London and Southampton Railway to run its line to Southampton near Kingston. The line consequently avoided the town with a station opened in 1838 southwest of the town; it was later resited to the present site of Surbiton station . In 1863 a branch was built from Twickenham to a terminus in Kingston. That line was extended to the main line in 1869 to form the Kingston Loop Line . All rail services in
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2268-719: The principles of the Church of England" wherever the need was felt. Surbiton High is the founding member school of the Church Schools Company, now the United Church Schools Trust . It has seven sites in Surbiton: the Boys' Preparatory School (over two sites Charles Burney House and Avenue Elmers), the Girls' Preparatory School, Main Senior School, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Mary Bennett House and
2322-640: The school entered to the National Finals earned a medal. The coaching team consists of multiple British Gymnastics Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists. The school has a rowing club called the Surbiton High School Boat Club which is based on the River Thames at Trowlock Way, Off Broom Road, Teddington. The club is affiliated to British Rowing (Boat code SBT) and produced
2376-587: The seat for the Conservatives in the 2017 general election with a significantly reduced majority of 45 votes. Sarah Olney then regained the seat during the 2019 general election. In 1997 Ed Davey overturned the previous Conservative majority of more than 10,000 in Kingston and Surbiton, to win by 56 votes after three recounts. He retained the seat in 2001 with a majority of 15,676 over the Conservative candidate David Shaw . In 2005 Davey's majority
2430-400: The seat in the 2017 general election . The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 census in Kingston upon Thames. Kingston benefits from one of the biggest and most visited shopping areas outside of central London , with a varied selection of high street stores, and a large number of independent boutiques and retailers. The most famous shop in Kingston
2484-468: The site of Windsor Castle , and the London boroughs of Greenwich , and Kensington and Chelsea . The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council . The neighbouring districts (clockwise from north) are the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames , Wandsworth , Merton and Sutton , and the Surrey districts of Epsom and Ewell , Mole Valley and Elmbridge . Kingston upon Thames, on
2538-526: The south bank of the River Thames has existed for many hundreds of years. Many Roman relics have been found in the surrounding areas. A church has stood on the site of All Saints' Church , in the centre of Kingston, for more than a thousand years. An earlier church was sacked by the Vikings in 1009 AD. Kingston was the site of the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs : The Coronation Stone , on which they are said to have been crowned stands outside
2592-436: The south-eastern end of Surbiton Street, now known as Surbiton Road, the principal thoroughfare of a hamlet of Kingston parish known as Surbiton (or Surbeton). When Roffee died in 1785, Surbiton Place was bought by Thomas Fassett, who extended both the house and the grounds. In 1809 Fassett sold the house to Henry Paget, originally Bayly, who became Earl of Uxbridge . His son, also Henry Paget, inherited it in 1812. This Henry
2646-484: The word South suggests that he made a distinction between the park proper and the more southerly development. However, there is evidence that Woods lived in Palace Road, in the park proper. Perhaps he moved within the area or maybe the punctuation of the quoted document is incorrect; "Surbiton Park, South Kingston" would make perfect sense. Woods played a part in the creation of Queen's Promenade, which runs along
2700-440: Was 8,961, and in the May 2010 general election he again retained the seat with a slightly reduced majority, beating the Conservative candidate Helen Whately . In the 2015 general election , Davey's seat was taken by Conservative James Berry with a majority of 2,834. Davey's was one of six Liberal Democrat losses in London and 49 overall as the party suffered its worst election results since its formation in 1988. Davey regained
2754-414: Was extended eastwards to connect with Claremont Crescent (now The Crescent). The stretch of the road east of Maple Lane (now Maple Road) was originally called Claremont Road . A legal document dated 20 Feb 1860 describes Woods as "William Woods late of Swan Lane, Hampton Wick, Mddx., now of Surbiton Park South, Kingston, gent". This suggests that he had moved into one of his new houses, and the inclusion of
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#17327733903952808-486: Was renamed Malden and Coombe. The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former municipal boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames , Malden and Coombe and Surbiton . The area was transferred from Surrey to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs. Kingston's royal borough status transferred to the enlarged borough. Most of
2862-470: Was the Earl of Uxbridge who distinguished himself at Waterloo. Not long after the battle, he became the first Marquess of Anglesey . After his mother died in 1817, Anglesey sold the house to John Garratt, a prominent local politician, who later sold it to Alexander Raphael , a wealthy Roman Catholic. Raphael paid for the building of a Roman Catholic church on land in the north-western part of his estate. This
2916-502: Was used for the house on the Elmers estate before 1823, but this was on the other side of Terry's Lane, which ran roughly where Maple Road does today. Both the date and location of the plaque suggest that it does not refer to that house. In the 1861 census return there is an entry for Surbiton House and Coach House, Surbiton Road . The coach house was across the road, where Surbiton High School junior school now stands. The 1865 edition of
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