Wallington is to the east of the
Surrey hundreds
'Wallington' was an ancient
hundred in the north east of the county of
Surrey,
England. The majority of its area has been absorbed by the growth of
London; with its name currently referring to the district of
Wallington. Its former area now corresponds to the
London Borough of Sutton, the majority of the
London Borough of Croydon and parts of the
London Borough of Merton as well as parts of the Districts of
Epsom and Ewell,
Reigate and Banstead and
Tandridge in Surrey.
History
The hundred contained the parishes of
Addington,
Beddington,
Carshalton,
Chaldon,
Cheam,
Coulsdon,
Croydon,
Mitcham,
Morden,
Sanderstead,
Sutton and
Woodmansterne[British History Online - The hundred of Wallington].
In Surrey it was bounded by
Brixton hundred to the north,
Kingston hundred and
Copthorne hundred to the west,
Reigate hundred and
Tandridge hundred to the south
[British History Online - Map of Wallington hundred]. In the east its boundary was with the
Bromley and Beckenham hundred of
Kent.
In 1831, the hundred occupied
[1]. In
1840, most of the hundred was included in the expanded
Metropolitan Police District by the
Metropolitan Police Act 1839.
In 1851 the hundred is recorded as comprising a ''First division'' of and a population of 22,343 and ''Second division'' of and a population of 11,607. The population in 1861 is recorded as 46,686
[2].
Replacement
The hundreds of England declined in administrative use because of the rise of various ad-hoc boards. In 1883, Croydon, the most populous part of the hundred, became a
Municipal borough and in 1889 it became the
County Borough of Croydon autonomous from other local administration. Under the
Local Government Act 1894, the remainder of the hundred came under the administration of the
Croydon Rural District. With the expansion of London at the beginning of the
20th century, parts of the rural district were separated off as
Urban districts and the rural district was abolished in 1915 and its area divided into a number of new urban and rural districts. These districts or their successors were abolished or modified by the
London Government Act 1963 to create the
London boroughs which are still in place today.
See also
Medieval Surrey
Surrey hundreds
References
1. Vision of Britain - Wallington hundred - area (historic map)
2. John Marius Wilson, ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', (1870-72)
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