Editing Surbiton (section)

==Demographics==
===Religion===
Until the early 19th century, Surbiton, like [[Norbiton]], lay in the parish of [[All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames|All Saints, Kingston upon Thames]]. As a result, Surbiton's two town centre [[parish church]]es, [[St Mark's Church, Surbiton|Saint Mark's]] and [[St Andrew's Church, Surbiton|Saint Andrew's]], date back only to the [[Victorian era]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McCormack|first=Anne|title=Kingston upon Thames: A Pictorial History|publisher=Phillimore|date=1989|isbn=9780850337167}}</ref>
[[File:St Matthew's Avenue - geograph.org.uk - 1458028.jpg|thumb|St Matthew's, Surbiton]]
There are two further Anglican parish churches in south Surbiton, Christ Church and Saint Matthew's, both also Victorian.

Christ Church was built in 1862–63, by Charles Lock Luck and lengthened in 1866. The chancel aisles were added in 1864, and 1871. It has no tower, and is built of red brick with stone dressings with some black brick [[voussoir]]s. The east stained-glass window was done by [[Clayton and Bell]], the central stained-glass window by [[Edward Burne-Jones|Burne-Jones]], while the other stained glass was done by [[Lavers, Barraud and Westlake]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1080070|desc=Christ Church|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>

Saint Matthew's was completed in 1875, having taken less than 2 years to build. The church and the original vicarage were paid for by one man, William Matthew Coulthurst, who was the senior partner of [[Coutts Bank]]. On the outside of the east end of the church, there is a stone plaque recording this and the fact that it was partly built in memory of Hannah Mabella Coulthurst, the dead sister of William Matthew Coulthurst. Built into the wall behind the plaque, there is a photograph of Hannah, a copy of 'The Times' newspaper of the day and a letter from William Coulthurst stipulating that the church should remain in the evangelical tradition. The church and [[vicarage]] cost £26,500. The old vicarage was pulled down in 1939 and a subsequent one was built on the same plot. In 2012, work started on a new vicarage on part of the plot and this was completed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tolworthtm.org/new-to-st-matthews/history/|title=St Matthew's Church - History|publisher=St Matthew's Church|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> The East stained-glass window by [[Henry Holiday]] was destroyed by a [[V-1 flying bomb]] on 23 June 1944. They were replaced in 1953 with windows by [[Hugh Ray Easton|Hugh Easton]], with his maker's mark of a weather vane signed H Easton with a cockerel on the top. The Clayton memorial triptych window was installed in 1921, designed by [[Louis Davis (painter)|Louis Davis]], 'the last of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelites]]', and made by Thomas Cowall (1870–1949) for [[James Powell and Sons]]. The Caporn memorial window was installed in 1970 and designed by [[W T Carter Shapland]] who had also designed the West window at [[St Mark's Church, Surbiton|St Mark's]]. Some of the original windows by Powell & Sons survive, known as Quarry windows because they are made up of pre-stamped diamond-shaped glass known as 'Quarries'.<ref>St Matthew's Church leaflet on the stained-glass windows</ref>

Other churches in Surbiton include Surbiton Hill Methodist Church on Ewell Road, opened in 1882,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surbitonhillmethodist.co.uk/352489650249.htm|title=Surbiton Hill Methodist Church - History|publisher=St Matthew's Church|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> and the Roman Catholic church of [[St Raphael's Church, Surbiton|Saint Raphael's]], completed in 1848 and located to the north of Surbiton, in the Kingston upon Thames postal district.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1080045|desc=Church of St Raphael|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

In recent years, Surbiton has become more diverse in terms of religion, the Surbiton area having a [[Sikhism|Sikh]] [[Gurdwara]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.localprayers.com/GB/Kingston/451870888210821/Gurudwara-Guru-Har-Rai-Sahib|title=Gurudwara Guru Har Rai Sahib|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> and an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] [[synagogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksds.org.uk/|title=Kingston, Surbiton & District Synagogue|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census, Muslims form the largest minority religious community at about 5% of the population; the nearest mosque is located in Kingston upon Thames.

===Nationality===
Approximately 74% of Surbiton's residents at the 2011 Census were born in the United Kingdom (73% in Alexandra, 71% in St. Mark's, 75% in Surbiton Hill, 76% in Berrylands). The largest ethnic group, with two-thirds of the population, is "White British", with "White Other" the second largest group at just under 10%.