Editing Carshalton (section)

=== Grove Park ===
[[File:Grove Park Cascade Carshalton.jpg|thumb|left|[[Grove Park, Carshalton|Grove Park]] Cascade]]
[[Grove Park (Sutton)|Grove Park]], closest to the village centre, is the best example of a Victorian park in the Borough. It is situated in the area approximately bounded by the High Street, North Street and Mill Lane. The park land was in [[mediaeval]] times part of the [[manorialism|manor]] of Stone Court, then consisting mainly of meadows. The manor house was situated at the corner of North Street and Mill Lane. The Grove, including the ornamental gardens, was bought by [[Carshalton Urban District]] Council in 1924<ref name=LBCGrove>{{cite web |title=The Grove and Grove Park, London Borough of Sutton |url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/grove.htm |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515110804/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/grove.htm |archive-date=15 May 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> and the park was opened to the public a few years later.

The southwest corner of Grove Park lies next to one of Carshalton's ponds (Lower Pond), from whence the [[River Wandle]] flows through the park. Among its features of interest is the ''Leoni Bridge'', situated where Grove Park meets the Lower Pond. It is made of white [[Portland stone]]. Its name derives from the conjecture<ref>{{cite web|title=Carshalton: a brief history, London Borough of Sutton|url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/carshaltonhistory.htm|access-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419175259/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/carshaltonhistory.htm|archive-date=19 April 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> that the [[Venice, Italy|Venetian]] architect [[Giacomo Leoni]] designed it. Leoni had been commissioned to design a new mansion for [[Carshalton Park]] during the early 18th century (although the mansion itself was never constructed).<ref name=Lysons2>"Carshalton", ''The Environs of London'' volume 1: County of Surrey (1792), pp. 122–36. [[Daniel Lysons (antiquarian)|Daniel Lysons]].</ref> Grove Park also features Grove House, a large early nineteenth house, a watermill and a cascade. The cascade is near the footbridge leading to the Stone Court corner of the park. The 1.5-metre fall is now ornamental in design, but its original purpose was to create a head of water in order to provide power for the nearby "Upper Mill".

[[File:Oaks Park - Apr 2014.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Oaks Park]]