Editing Belmont, Sutton (section)

==Further reading (local history)==
* ''Belmont: A Century Ago'' by Roland Sparkes, published December 2009. Paperback. {{ISBN|978-0-9563424-0-9}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100105214442/http://www.nielsenbookdata.co.uk/controller.php?page=1]. This is first book dedicated to the history of the village. The introductory chapter provides a resume of Belmont's history and development in the Victorian era and the early 20th century.
* Articles by local historian Roland Sparkes for the Belmont Local History group (established 2009). E.g. ''Belmont: 1865 – A description of the Belmont area as it existed in 1865'' [http://belmontlocalhistory.webs.com/WEBPROTECT-page4belmont1865.htm]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, and ''Dr Carl Warburg, his Belmont laboratory, and his famous fever drug''[http://belmontlocalhistory.webs.com/WEBPROTECT-page6drwarburg.htm]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
* ''[[Sutton Guardian]]'' newspaper – heritage page articles and features. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071208001821/http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?refresh=Ky91e0A314fN&PBID=21808e87-e7bc-4660-9728-9e4ce3c30669]
* ''Sutton Scene'' (London Borough of Sutton's official newsletter), Oct/Nov 2009 edition. Feature on Belmont. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100122080624/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3545]
* Two booklets have been produced about the history of Belmont's churches, both now out of print: (i) ''Splendid the Heritage: the story of Belmont and its Methodist Church'' (Craig, 1965); and (ii) ''A Village Church: the story of the first 75 years of St John’s with Belmont Methodists'' (Reed, 1992).
* ''The Brighton road; the classic highway to the south'' by Harper, Charles George, 1863-1943  [https://archive.org/details/brightonroadclas00harpiala/mode/2up] Page 159 refers to the position of Belmont on the road between London and Brighton and the 1796 marking of "Little Hell" on the maps.