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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 .〔(Vision of Britain ) - Wallington hundred - area ((historic map ))〕 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.〔John Marius Wilson, ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', (1870-72)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wallington Hundred」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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