Cheam

Other current and historical names

Ceiham

Built-Up Area: Sutton
Parish/Community: Sutton, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Sutton
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'17"N 0°12'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 524453, 163271
OS Grid: TQ244632
Mapcode Local: GBR BR.JP2
Mapcode Global: VHGRQ.76PP

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cheam within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cheam in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cheam, par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Surrey, 3 miles NE. of Epsom, 1909 ac., pop. 2117; P.O., T.O.; contains C. Park, seat, and the hamlet of C. Common.

Cheam in the Domesday Book

A village in Wallington hundred, in the county of Surrey.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £14 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 12 cottagers; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 25 swine render
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Cheam, Sutton

Cheam is a suburban area in Sutton, Sutton

Cheam in historic gazetteers

Cheam in the Domesday Book