Tolworth

Other current and historical names

Talworth
Taleorde

Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Thames
Parish/Community: Kingston upon Thames, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Kingston upon Thames
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°22'56"N 0°16'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 519660, 166212
OS Grid: TQ196662
Mapcode Local: GBR 85.RM6
Mapcode Global: VHGRH.2JB4

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

Tolworth in historic gazetteers

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

Talworth, hamlet, Long Ditton par., Surrey, 2½ miles SE. of Kingston on Thames; an ancient manor-house of the Earl of Kent, uncle of Edward III., is now a farm-house.

Tolworth in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 8 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres

British Place Names

Tolworth, Kingston upon Thames

Tolworth is a suburban area in Kingston upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames

Tolworth in historic gazetteers

Tolworth in the Domesday Book