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Archaeological findings show that this SM5 area was inhabited since the Iron Age. Carshalton Village is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Aultone. The name may derive from the nearby springs and the local cultivation of watercress. Historically, this area is part of Surrey. The two adjoining Carshalton Ponds in the middle of the Carshalton Village are sources of the River Wandle. All Saints Church can be also be found in the historic center. It’s a local landmark and a Grade II listed structure. The church is built on the site of a Norman or much older church. The present building features 12th-century work. The tower may have been raised before the Norman Conquest.
Anne Boleyn’s Well is one of the local springs. Legend has it that this spring appeared when the horse was riding kicked a stone. However, the name is more likely to derive from 12th-century landowners Counts of Boulogne. Strawberry Lodge is another landmark of this South West London area. It was built in 1685 by clothier Josias Dewye. Currently, the Carshalton Baptist Church owns Strawberry Lodge and uses it as a place of worship and training center. The Water Tower is another Carshalton Village Grade II listed building. It dates from the 18th century and it was called Bagnio. Its purpose was to supply water to the Carshalton House which is now St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls.
During the Medieval Age, Grove Park in Carshalton Village was part of the Stone Court manor. The manor house dates to the Tudor period. The white Portland stone bridge that can be found where Grove Park intersects the Lower Pond is called Leoni Bridge. Giacomo Leoni was a Venetian architect who was supposed to design the Carshalton Park mansion. The Hope pub in Carshalton Village was named among the best pubs in the United Kingdom in 2014.