Wallington, Surrey

Historical Description

Wallington, a hamlet and a parish in Surrey. The southern and principal part of the hamlet lies on the river Wandle, with a station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 13 miles from London, and 2½ WSW of Croydon. It is supposed to have been a Roman station, and has yielded many Roman relics. It has post, money order, and telegraph offices. Acreage of the civil parish, 823; population, 3823; of the ecclesiastical district, 2937. There is a parish council consisting of twelve members. The chapelry includes the village, and was constituted in 1867 as the ecclesiastical parish of Beddington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; gross value, £350 with residence. The church was built in 1867, and is in the Decorated style, with a tower and spire. There are Baptist, Plymouth Brethren, and Presbyterian chapels. Hackbridge is part of the hamlet about half a mile north, and has a station on the South London line. Beddington Corner adjoining Mitcham Common and Mitcham Junction station, is the most northern portion of the hamlet, and together with Hackbridge is still included in the ecclesiastical parish of Beddington.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Surrey History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Surrey online.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wallington from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wallington)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Wallington are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Surrey papers online:

• Surrey Mirror
• Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
• Surrey Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Surrey, 1662-1668 is available on the Heraldry page.