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The modern London Borough of Sutton was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, covering the combined area of the former Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, Carshalton Urban District and Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington.
The borough of Sutton was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of Sutton and Cheam, Beddington and Wallington, and the urban district of Carshalton.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The municipal borough was abolished in 1965 and its former area became part of the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London. For Westminster elections, Sutton is part of the Sutton and Cheam constituency, formed in 1945.
The ancient parish of Sutton became a Local Government District in 1882 (Sutton Sanitary District) and then an Urban District Council in 1894. Sutton and Cheam were amalgamated in 1928 to form Sutton and Cheam Urban District, which gained municipal borough status in 1934.
1755: The construction of the “Sutton Loop” railway line connected Sutton to London, marking a significant turning point in Sutton’s expansion and prosperity. 1894: Sutton officially became a municipal borough, allowing for more local control over the area’s development and affairs.
The borough of Sutton is on the edge of south-west London and is bisected by the river Waddle, the borough was formed via the merger between the ex-Surrey boroughs of Carshalton, Beddington and Sutton & Cheam in 1965.
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