Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam

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Sutton and Cheam
(Sutton from 1882 to 1928)
Area
 • 18911,836 acres (7.43 km2)
 • 19313,744 acres (15.15 km2)
 • 19614,338 acres (17.56 km2)
Population
 • 189110,334
 • 193146,500
 • 196179,008
Density
 • 18915.6/acre
 • 193112.4/acre
 • 196118.2/acre
History
 • Origin Sutton parish
 • Created1882
 • Abolished1965
 • Succeeded by London Borough of Sutton
Status local government district (1882—1894)
urban district (1894—1934)
municipal borough (1934—1965)
civil parish (1949—1965)
Government
 •  HQ Civic Offices, Throwley Road
 •  Motto Serve God and Be Cheerful
Arms-sut-chm.jpg
Coat of arms
Subdivisions
 • Type Civil parish
 • Units Sutton (1882—1949)
Cheam (1928—1949)

Sutton and Cheam was a local government district in northeast Surrey, England from 1882 to 1965.

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History

Sutton Local Government District was formed on 20 December 1882, when the (civil) parish of Sutton adopted the Local Government Act 1858. Sutton Local Board was formed to govern the area. [1]

The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the district as Sutton Urban District and an urban district council replaced the local board.

In 1928 the Urban District grew to take in the westerly strip parish of Cheam (which was 4% larger) from Epsom Rural District and was thus renamed Sutton and Cheam Urban District. [2] Both occupy and are centred on spring line settlements next to the North Downs. The new body took in an extra 569 acres (2.3 km2) and 1840 people from 1933 when a county review order abolished Epsom Rural District, specifically drawing on parts of Banstead and Cuddington civil parishes. [3] At the same time about 212 versus 235 people's homes moved council by an imposed land exchange with Carshalton Urban District, seeing a net gain of 8 acres; three simultaneous changes moved no homes but saw a net gain of 16 acres. [3] The council successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation so it became a municipal borough in 1934. [2] Charter Day was celebrated on 12 September 1934 with local festivities, including a quarter peal on the bells of All Saints, Benhilton. [4]

The borough was granted a coat of arms on incorporation. The shield had six emblems suggestive of the pan-medieval ecclesiastical landowners. The crosses came from the arms of the Archdiocese of Canterbury, the manor of Cheam having been granted to Christchurch, Canterbury in 1018. The keys of St Peter came from the arms of Chertsey Abbey who held Sutton at the time of the Domesday Book. The crest above the shield was a popinjay (parrot) from the arms of the Lumley family. The motto was that of John Hacket, rector of Cheam from 1624 - 1662 and was Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in the last 10 years of his life. [5]

In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the borough was abolished and its land transferred to Greater London merging with Carshalton Urban District and the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington to form the London Borough of Sutton.

Year188118911901191119211931193919511961
Population [6] [7] 10,33413,97717,22321,27021,06346,50073,59380,67379,008

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References

  1. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891, p.1503 (Historical Directories), accessed 5 February 2008
  2. 1 2 Frederic A Youngs Jr., A Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
  3. 1 2 "Statistical resource, the University of Portsmouth and others". Vision of Britain. 1 April 1933.
  4. ↑ "Sutton Charter Day Ringing". The Ringing World . 21 September 1934. p. 602.
  5. ↑ C W Scott-Giles, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London, 1953
  6. ↑ "Sutton AP/CP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sutton and Cheam MB/UD through time | Population Statistics | Total Population". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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