Editing Norbiton (section)

==History==
[[File:Kingston-upon-Thames MB Ward Map 1868.svg|thumb|Norbiton ward of Kingston upon Thames Municipal Borough, 1868.]]
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Its name was originally Norberton(e) and it was named in a similar way to [[Surbiton]] on the opposite side of the [[Hogsmill]] River. The origin of the place-name is from the [[Old English]] words ''north'', ''bere'' and ''tun'' (meaning northern grange or outlying farm).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year=First published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086}}</ref>

The area was originally a part of the parish of [[All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames]]. In 1840 a separate Norbiton parish was created, with St Peter's Church built between 1840 and 1842 to a design of [[George Gilbert Scott|Gilbert Scott]] and [[William Bonython Moffatt|William Moffatt]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bridget |first2=Nikolaus|last1=Cherry |last2=Pevsner|title=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides]]. The Buildings of England London 2: South|year=1983 |publisher=Penguin |location=London|page=313|isbn=978-0-300-09651-4}}</ref>

Until the mid-nineteenth century much of Norbiton was made up of [[Estate (land)|country estates]], all since sold as housing land. These included:

'''Norbiton Hall''', a manor from the 16th century. Residents included [[Richard Taverner]], who lived there 1547–75 and [[Anthony Benn (Recorder of London)|Sir Anthony Benn]], 1605–18. In 1829, the Surrey MP [[Charles Nicholas Pallmer|Charles Pallmer]] sold the estate to [[Mary Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool|Mary, Countess of Liverpool]], widow of the late prime minister [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Lord Liverpool]].<ref name=Malden>{{cite book|last=Malden|first=H.E.|title=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3|year= 1911|publisher=Victoria County History, London, 1911|pages=501–516|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp501-516}} Accessed 30 March 2020</ref> It was finally demolished in the 1930s to make way for a complex of flats, also called Norbiton Hall. These flats were built between 1933 and 1935 and received local listing in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moderngov.kingston.gov.uk/documents/s78824/Annex%201%20-%20Norbiton%20Hall-Heritage%20Assessment%202018.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202155312/https://moderngov.kingston.gov.uk/documents/s78824/Annex%201%20-%20Norbiton%20Hall-Heritage%20Assessment%202018.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-02 |url-status=live|title=Norbiton Hall: Heritage assessment for designation as locally listed building with inclusion in the local list of Building of Townscape Merit (BTM)|author=Elisabetta Tonazzi|date=February 2018|accessdate=2021-12-02}}</ref>

'''Norbiton Place''' was bought by [[Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet|Sir John Philipps]], who died there in 1764.<ref name=Prosser>{{cite book|last= Prosser |first= G.F.|title=Select Illustrations of the County of Surrey |year= 1828|publisher= Rivington, London.|url= https://archive.org/details/selectillustrat00prosgoog}} Accessed 9 April 2020</ref> One of the family's servants was [[Cesar Picton]], originally an African slave, he was brought to England aged six in 1761. He lived at Norbiton Place for nearly thirty years, before becoming a successful coal-merchant in Kingston.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1080069|desc=Picton House, Kingston upon Thames|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> In the early 1800s Norbiton Place became the main residence of [[Charles Nicholas Pallmer|Charles Pallmer]], owner of neighbouring Norbiton Hall.<ref name=Malden/> Pallmer greatly developed the estate, including adding a dairy styled like an Indian temple and a lodge in the form of a doric temple.<ref name=Prosser/> Living above his means, Pallmer was declared [[Bankruptcy|bankrupt]] in 1831.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18798|page=807|date=26 April 1831}}</ref> Much of the main house was pulled down after 1830,<ref name=Malden/> with St Peter's Church built on part of the grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/find-a-church/kingston/norbiton-st-peter&gt|title=St Peter's Church|access-date=3 June 2020|publisher=Diocese of Southwark}}</ref>

'''Kingston Lodge''', opposite Norbiton Hall, was leased by Novelist [[George Meredith]] in 1865. Disliking the increasing development of the area, he moved away at the end of 1867.<ref>{{cite DNB12|wstitle= Meredith, George|volume=2|pages=604–616}}</ref>