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Kingswood, Surrey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Kingswood, Surrey

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Kingswood, Surrey history

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Middle Ages

The first specific reference to Kingswood is in the Domesday Book, where a passage in the entry for Ewell states that “2 hides and 1 virgate were removed from this manor; they were there before 1066, but reeves lent them to their friends; and 1 woodland pasture and 1 croft” – Ewell’s Lords of the manor in 1086 were Osbern of Eu (held of King William) and King William himself. Henry II granted it with Shelwood much further detached, in the Weald, as parcel of manor of Ewell to Merton Priory.

Post Reformation

King Henry VIII seized Kingswood Manor that comprised almost all the land of Kingswood, earlier valued at £14 6s. 8d in 1535. Queen Elizabeth I bestowed it to the first Lord Howard of Effingham for annual service of 1/40 of a knight’s fee, kept until sold by his grandson who was also Earl of Nottingham.

Post Industrial Revolution

Kingswood was until the early 20th century the administrative unit of Kingswood Liberty see Liberty (division), of 1,821 acres (737 ha), a completely detached part of Ewell parish. In 1838 an ecclesiastical district was formed from a new church costing over £1100 consecrated 14 January 1836 from Kingswood with a portion of Banstead. Lower Kingswood School was built in 1893 and enlarged in 1903.

Kingswood, Surrey landmarks

Kingswood Warren

Kingswood Warren is a battlemented gothic mansion to the south of the village, much enlarged in the early nineteenth century by the architect T.R. Knowles for its owner Thomas Alcock M.P. From 1948 until 2010 it was used to house the BBC’s Research and Development department.

Kingswood Court

Ernest Newton was the architect of Kingswood Warren. Main range consists of 11 bays plus a 3-bay west service wing. Constructed from purplish red bricks laid in flemish bond with red brick dressings.

St Andrew’s Church

The original church of St Andrew was built in 1835 in a “Norman” style of architecture. It was consecrated in 1836 and became a parish church in 1838. The present St. Andrew’s Church was built between 1848 and 1852 at the expense of the then owner of Kingswood Warren, Thomas Alcock.

St Mary’s Church, Burgh Heath

Howell Hill with Burgh Heath is a Church of England church. It was built in 1909 and its area is worked together with Howell Hill in East Ewell. This church is further down the London Road, past the junction with the road to Epsom.

Lower Kingswood Church – The Church of Jesus Christ and the wisdom of God

Kingswood’s Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God was formerly one of the two early St Sophia’s (Greek Orthodox) Churches in London. It marks the start of Buckland Road and is a Grade I listed building.

Former Legal & General office and training centre

Legal & General had one of its largest offices (not its registered office) at a site on the northern outskirts of Kingswood, until the office was closed in late 2017. The former corporate training centre was once a girls’ boarding school of the same name.

Kingswood Golf and Country Club

James Braid, five times Open champion, opened in the 1920s this venue as a 6,954 yard course. Today this offers weddings, catering and conferences.

Surrey Downs Golf Club

Occupying an adjacent site, in what was Eyhurst Park, on the Chipstead side, is another 18-hole golf club. Occupying the site, is another golf club, which occupies the same site.

Kingswood, Surrey geography / climate

Elevation, geology and soil

Kingswood is rectangular, less than 3 miles from north to south, and is under a mile broad. The entire ward sits on top of the North Downs and, taken as a whole, slopes gradually from 200m AOD in the south to 170m in Upper Kingswood in the north. Upper watercourses cut gentle valleys in this ward.

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Best Kingswood, Surrey places to visit

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Kingswood, Surrey has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Kingswood, Surrey’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Kingswood, Surrey’s information audio spots:

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