Publications
The
Society publishes a series of occasional papers and notes on various aspects of the history of the London Borough of Sutton which is made up of five main historic settlements: Beddington, Wallington,
Carshalton, Sutton and Cheam. The occasional papers and notes are listed below.
Paper copies of most of the occasional papers can be bought directly from Lulu. They are a print on demand publisher who print most of our occasional papers. If you order from them they print a copy
and post it to you.
Where copyright restrictions allow, papers can also be downloaded as pdf files. There is no charge for the latter.
Note that most of the Occasional Papers are large files.
Occasional papers
By John Phillips and Nicholas Burnett. 2008.
This deals with the archaeological evidence for the innovative Elizabethan garden created by Sir Francis Carew, and also its early-18th-century successor. Note that this has been superseded by Occasional Papers 4, 11 and 18.
Occ 1 garden.pdf
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By Beryl Palmier. 2010.
Covers the history of Society from its foundation in 1920 to 2006, when it changed its name to the Carshalton and District History and Archaeology Society.
Occ 2 CADHAS.pdf
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By Beverly Shew. 2012.
A detailed history of Beddington, largely but not exclusively focused on the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It covers leading families and personalities, houses, farms, industries and much else.
Occ 3 Beddington.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2013.
The Elizabethan orange house in Sir Francis Carew’s garden was the earliest such structure in England. It was rebuilt in the early 18th century. This report covers the historical evidence, the 18th-century standing structure and the result of small-scale excavations on the site.
Occ 4 Orangery.pdf
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A brief highly illustrated account of the late medieval and early Tudor pottery industry in Cheam, which was a major supplier of jugs to the London market.
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Occ 5 potters.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2015.
This row of cottages was originally part of the outbuildings of Carew Manor. This report covers investigations and observations made in the 1980s when the cottages were converted into modern houses. The building had a complex structural history, the earliest part being a timber frame of probable Tudor date.
Occ 6 BPC.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2015.
A report on an excavation on the site of Honeywood, one of two buildings at the western end of Carshalton Ponds. The second building, originally called Wandle Cottage, and later Honeywood, is now a museum. The original Honeywood dated from the 17th century and was on the site of earlier spring-fed pools.
Occ 7 Honeywood 1997.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2015.
A report on excavations in the garden of Honeywood at the western end of Carshalton Ponds, including details of various structural remains.
Occ 8 Honeywood 2010 and 2014.pdf
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By S. A. Bird. 2016.
Stan Bird joined the army in 1914 soon after the outbreak of the war, and was in action in France, Greece and the Middle East. After many adventures he ended up in hospital and convalescence in Egypt.
Occ 9 Ordinary Soldier.pdf
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By John Phillips and Nicholas Burnett. 2016.
Carew Manor Beddington is a former country house with a history extending back into the middle ages. It is best known for its grade 1 listed early Tudor great hall, but the building incorporates material from the middle ages to the 19th century. This report details historical research, structural investigations and archaeology carried out in and immediately around the house over more than 30 years from the 1980s onwards.
Volume 1 covers the owners and the structural history of the building including the great hall roof.
Occ 10 Carew House vol 1.pdf
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By John Phillips and Nicholas Burnett. 2016.
Volume 2 covers the archaeological investigation of the late medieval moat and the drawbridge abutment.
Occ 10 Carew House vol 2.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2016.
Carew Manor was the site of a significant 18th-century walled garden created by Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet, between 1707 and 1727. It included a cascade, lake and orange house. This report covers the surviving standing structures and excavated remains, and considers the form and development of the garden. It also covers Saxon, medieval and later finds from several small excavations. It does not cover the orange house, which is the subject of Occasional Paper 4. The Elizabethan garden is covered in Occasional Paper 18.
Occ 11 Carew Garden.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2018.
A report on the excavation of the foundations of an exceptionally large barn of probably 18th century date in the former service area attached to Carew Manor.
Occ 12 Carew Barn.pdf
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By John Phillips. 2020.
The exceptionally large octagonal brick dovecote at Carew Manor dates from early 18th century, although it may be built on earlier foundations. This report deals with the history of the building, and includes observations on the structure made during repair work in the 1990s.
Occ 13 Dovecote.pdf
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By Derek Bradford. 2020.
A detailed account of the mills along the river Wandle in the London Boroughs of Sutton and Croydon. The Upper Wandle was an important area for early industrialisation, and the river was heavily used from the mid-17th to the 19th century. The mills produced flour, gunpowder, leather, copper wares, snuff, paper and other goods.
Occ 14 Wandle Mills 8.pdf
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15. Honeywood, Carshalton: the site, the building and its owners.
By John Phillips. 2020.
A detailed study of the history, owners and structure of Honeywood, which is now a museum at the western end of Carshalton
Ponds. The building dates from the 17th and 18th centuries with major 19th and early 20th century add.
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16. The Portioner’s House, Beddington Park.
By John Phillips. 2020.
The Portioner was a sinecurist who was entitled to part of the tithes of Beddington parish. His house, which stood in what is now Beddington Park, is documented from the 14th century. It later became
the rectory and was demolished in the 19th century. This report describes the history of the building and its occupants. It also includes a report on the excavation of part of the foundations and
cellars, which showed a complicated structural development probably from the 16th to the late 18th century. The finds included some unusual flecked tin-glazed ties.
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By John Phillips. 2020.
Beddington Park was a deer park from at least the early 16th century. It was re-landscaped in the 19th century and became a public park in the 20th. The Grange originated as an elaborate Victorian garden created by Alfred Smee. It is now a public park. The report details the history of both sites and includes a detailed description and analysis of the landscape.
Occ 17 Beddington Park.pdf
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A detailed report on the archaeology and documentary history of the garden created by Sir Francis Carew in the second half of the 16th century. This was one of the most significant gardens of the Elizabethan age and was visited by the queen at least 14 times.
Occ 18 Elizabethan garden.pdf
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Local History Notes
Note 1 Before railway.pdf
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Note 2 Hilton.pdf
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Note 4 Ship.pdf
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Note 5 Bullen.pdf
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Note 6 Culvers.pdf
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Note 7 Limes.pdf
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Note 8 Wal Cot.pdf
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Note 9 Benhill House.pdf
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Note 10 Baisley.pdf
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Note 11 John Switzer Owens.pdf
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Note 12 White House.pdf
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Note 13 Belgian Refugees.pdf
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Note 14 Stone Court structure.pdf
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Note 15 Wallington Red Cross Hospital.pd[...]
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Note 16 The man who fed Britain.pdf
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Note 17 Thomas Hogg Son.pdf
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Note 18 Stanstead 2.pdf
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