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'''Wallington''' is a hundred of [[Surrey]], in the north-east of the county. The majority of its area is now within the metropolitan conurbation. | '''Wallington''' is a hundred of [[Surrey]], in the north-east of the county. The majority of its area is now within the metropolitan conurbation. | ||
The hundred contains the | The hundred contains the ancient parishes of [[Addington, Surrey|Addington]], [[Beddington]], [[Carshalton]], [[Chaldon]], [[Cheam]], [[Coulsdon]], [[Croydon]], [[Mitcham]], [[Morden]], [[Sanderstead]], [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]] and [[Woodmansterne]].<ref name=British>{{brithist|43046|The hundred of Wallington}}</ref> | ||
In Surrey it is bounded by the hundreds of [[Brixton Hundred|Brixton]] to the north, [[Kingston Hundred|Kingston]] and [[Copthorne Hundred|Copthorne]] to the west, [[Reigate Hundred|Reigate]] and [[Tandridge Hundred|Tandridge]] to the south. In the east its boundary is with the [[Bromley and Beckenham Hundred]] of [[Kent]]. | In Surrey it is bounded by the hundreds of [[Brixton Hundred|Brixton]] to the north, [[Kingston Hundred|Kingston]] and [[Copthorne Hundred|Copthorne]] to the west, [[Reigate Hundred|Reigate]] and [[Tandridge Hundred|Tandridge]] to the south. In the east its boundary is with the [[Bromley and Beckenham Hundred]] of [[Kent]]. |
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Wallington is a hundred of Surrey, in the north-east of the county. The majority of its area is now within the metropolitan conurbation.
The hundred contains the ancient parishes of Addington, Beddington, Carshalton, Chaldon, Cheam, Coulsdon, Croydon, Mitcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Sutton and Woodmansterne.[1]
In Surrey it is bounded by the hundreds of Brixton to the north, Kingston and Copthorne to the west, Reigate and Tandridge to the south. In the east its boundary is with the Bromley and Beckenham Hundred of Kent.
In 1831, the hundred was measured as of 36,470 acres in area.[2]
References
- ↑ The hundred of Wallington
- ↑ Vision of Britain - Wallington hundred - area (historic map)