Sanderstead

Coordinates: 51°20′09″N 0°04′54″W / 51.3358°N 0.0818°W / 51.3358; -0.0818
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Sanderstead
All Saints' Church, Sanderstead
Sanderstead is located in Greater London
Sanderstead
Sanderstead
Location within Greater London
Population12,777 (2011 Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ337613
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOUTH CROYDON
Postcode districtCR2
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly
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UK
England
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51°20′09″N 0°04′54″W / 51.3358°N 0.0818°W / 51.3358; -0.0818

Sanderstead

civil parish council.[n 1][2][3]
The community had a smaller farming-centred economy until the mid 19th century.

Grade I listed.[4][5] Sanderstead station is at the foot of the dry valley and has frequent, fast trains to East Croydon, connected to a range of London terminals and interchanges.[n 2] Sanderstead is claimed to an origin of the English Sanders surname,[6] noting at least four separate geographical clusters formed by the 19th century, two of which were by 1881 far more populous.[7]

Sanderstead's

Interwar growth coincided with the electrification of the Southern Railway leaving largely a suburban community of households having at least one commuter to central London or Croydon
.

History

The Grade I listed All Saints' Church, Sanderstead

There is evidence of prehistoric human activity in and around Sanderstead. In 1958–60 the Sanderstead Archaeological Group excavated in the vicinity of Sanderstead pond and revealed the presence of man as far back as the Mesolithic Period nearly 12,000 years ago, as well as pottery fragments dated between 100 AD and 1300 AD and a bronze belt from the end of the Saxon era.

Romano-British homestead (small farming settlement) was discovered during the construction of the Atwood School. During the 1980s, when the school was extended, further excavation revealed the remains of several round huts, hearths, a brooch, and pottery, some of which hailed from North Africa
.

An

Edgar the Peaceful and mother of Edward the Martyr, where it remained after the Norman Conquest.[9]

Sanderstead appears in the

hogs.[11] Its Domesday entry records that in the time of Edward the Confessor it was valued at 100 shillings, and now 12 pounds; and yet it produces 15 pounds.[12]

The village was granted to

Edward II.[13]

The

Second World War it was used by the Royal Air Force
(RAF). It was very badly damaged by fire (not a bomb) in 1944 and was demolished in 1958. One very small part of the hotel building does however still stand. On the site now stands "Sanderstead Court", a three-storey block of flats.

One of the more curious aspects of Sanderstead is that it has no pub, unlike nearby Warlingham which has around six.

On the edge of the village lies the site of the Old Saw Mill now home to a number of private residences and the picturesque setting for Sanderstead Cricket Club. Cricket has been played in the area since the 18th century, with matches recorded in 1731 and 1732.[14][15] The ground itself has been in use since 1883 and continues to the present day with four teams playing in the Surrey Championship and a number of other Colts and friendly teams.[16]

Located between Limpsfield Road and Kingswood Lane is the large Kings Wood. It derives its name from a small wood to the north of Kings Wood Lodge. In 1823, Ordnance Survey Maps called the wood Sanderstead Wood, but this might be due to a mistake. It covers some 147½ acres, criss-crossed by ancient rides and is on relatively flat ground. It was purchased in 1937 under the Green Belt Act by the local council and is now public open space. There is the site of a Romano-British settlement on the northern boundary, a small farmstead undisturbed for 2000 years.[17]

Education

Sanderstead has four schools, namely; Atwood Primary Academy, Gresham Primary School, Kingsdown Secondary School and Ridgeway Primary School. It is also conveniently placed for a number of others located within a couple of miles from the village including Croydon High School, Harris Academy Purley, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Royal Russell School, The Quest Academy, Thomas More Catholic School, Warlingham School, and Whitgift School.

Demography

In the

Black British (4.4%), Mixed/multiple ethnic groups (3.8%), and Other ethnic group (0.9%). The largest single ethnicity is White British (76.2%).[18]

The crime rate in 2014/15 in Sanderstead was 29.6, the 7th lowest out of the 628 wards of Greater London.[19]

Politics

Sanderstead has consistently returned Conservative Party MPs to the local seat of Croydon South and has also returned Conservative members to the local council. Since the north of Croydon tends to return Labour councillors, a near-identical split in representation follows. The current MP for Croydon South is Chris Philp.

Sanderstead is one of the twenty-four

wards constituting Croydon London Borough Council. Three councillors are elected every four years to represent the ward on the council. The current elected Councillors are:[citation needed
]

Elected Member Ward
1998 Lynne Hale Sanderstead
2022 Helen Redfern Sanderstead
2006 Yvette Hopley Sanderstead
Sanderstead 2022 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yvette Hopley 3,826
Conservative Lynne Hale 3,806
Conservative Helen Redfern 3,596
Liberal Democrats James Clark 718
Liberal Democrats Annie Jordan 705
Labour Laura Doughty 658
Green Helen Buckland 591
Labour Alan Malarkey 572
Labour Tim Rodgers 549
Liberal Democrats Edward Wells 510
Green Connie Muir 465
Green Oliver Duxbury 407
Turnout 48.36
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Notable residents

In alphabetical order:

  • John Atwood (1576–1644), was the Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony, in the US state of Massachusetts, in 1638. His childhood was spent at Sanderstead Court.
  • Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), the first woman to sit in Cabinet in the United Kingdom (1929–1931), died in Sanderstead.[20]
  • Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), the last woman to be executed in the UK, lived on Sanderstead Hill.
  • Charlie Kray (1927–2000), criminal and elder brother of gangsters Ronald and Reggie Kray, lived for a time in Limpsfield Road in the 1990s.[21]
  • Laurier Lister (1907–1986), theatre director and producer, was born in the village.[22]
  • Stephen Rumbold Lushington (1775–1868), lived for a time at Sanderstead Court, and his daughter was born there in 1816. He was Joint Secretary of the Treasury (1824–7), Governor of Madras (1827–32), and MP for Rye (1807–12) and for Canterbury (1812–30).
  • Kate Moss (born 1974), model, lived at Church Way as a child and teenager. She went to Ridgeway Primary School, then Riddlesdown High School.[23]
  • Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990) was born in Broomhall Road on 24 March 1903.[24]
  • Hilary Page (1904-1957) was born in Sanderstead. Invented the interlocking plastic brick Kiddicraft.
  • David Rippingale, aka William Hung, lead singer of I, Ludicrous, spent his formative years in Sanderstead (1958–71).
  • Tony Sewell (born 1959), educationalist, lives in Sanderstead.[25]

Nearest places

Nearest railway stations

References

Notes
  1. ^ for the last fifty years of which, the CPC was an inferior body to the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District of Surrey, co-run by Surrey County Council and all of the London Borough of Croydon formed in 1965 lay in the latter county as 1965 saw the county's second major reduction
  2. ^ Other direct destinations are further from London: East Grinstead and Uckfield
References
  1. ^ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ Vision of Britain - Sanderstead civil parish boundary
  3. ^ The Church of England Sanderstead ecclesiastical parish boundary
  4. ^ 'Parishes: Sanderstead', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4, ed. H E Malden (London, 1912), pp. 237-243. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp237-243 [accessed 24 May 2018].
  5. ^ Stuff, Good. "Church of All Saints, Croydon, London". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ISBN 1425795722
  7. ^ Sanders surname in 1881 map of England
  8. ^ "London Borough of Croydon : Sanderstead Pond - Sanderstead Pond history". Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  9. ^ A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton ... By Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, page 40
  10. ^ "Index of /place/TQ3461/sanderstead/". domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  11. ^ Surrey Domesday Book Archived 15 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton ... By Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Page 40
  13. ^ A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton ... By Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Page 41
  14. ^ Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
  15. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9
    .
  16. ^ "Sanderstead CC". sanderstead.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Online communities". croydononline.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  18. ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Sanderstead - UK Census Data 2011". UK Census Data. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Ward Profiles and Atlas – London Datastore".
  20. ^ "Margaret Bondfield - British labour leader". britannica.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Kray on drugs charges". independent.co.uk. 2 August 1996. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  22. ^ IMDb Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  23. ^ Fred Vermorel, Kate Moss: Addicted to Love, Omnibus Press, 7 Apr 2010, p.4
  24. ISBN 0-906969-60-3
  25. ^ "London People: Dr Tony Sewell".

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