Tolworth
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 Alexandra Recreation Ground, with the Tolworth Tower in the distance |
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 Tolworth
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| Tolworth shown within Greater London | |
| Population | 9,833 (2011 Census. Tolworth and Hook Rise Ward) |
| OS grid reference | TQ197659 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SURBITON |
| Postcode district | KT5, KT6 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
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| Tolworth Tower | |
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The Tolworth Tower
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| General information | |
| Location | Tolworth, London, England, UK |
| Coordinates | TQ197659 |
| Completed | 1964 |
| Height | 265 ft (81 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
Tolworth is a suburban area of southwest London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, located 11 miles (17.7 km) south west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Long Ditton, New Malden, Kingston, Surbiton, Berrylands, Hinchley Wood, Chessington, Ewell and Worcester Park. Surbiton is the nearest, about a mile north west. Tolworth is divided in two, with part of it to the east and part of it to the west of the Kingston by-pass.
Tolworth, in the Domesday Book, was called Taleorde. Its Domesday assets were held partly by Picot from Richard de Tonebrige and partly by Radulf (Ralph) from the Bishop of Bayeux. It rendered: 2½ hides; also 4 hides with Long Ditton; 1 mill without dues, 8 ploughs, 10½ acres and ½ rod of meadow. It rendered £6.
The Evelyn family, who had settled in Surrey, played a prominent role and established gunpowder mills at Tolworth, probably in 1561.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tolworth like this: TALWORTH, a hamlet in Long Ditton parish, Surrey; 2½ miles SSE of Kingston upon Thames. Acres, 1,190. Pop., 434. Houses, 81. An ancient manor-house here was held by the Earl of Kent, uncle of Edward III.; and is now a farmhouse. For much of the 19th century the Earls of Egmont were Tolworth’s principal landowners
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