Editing Carshalton (section)

=== All Saints Church ===
The Grade II* listed<ref>{{NHLE|num=1065683|desc=Church of All Saints|access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref> Anglican parish church of All Saints<ref>{{cite web |author=Carshalton |url=http://www.carshaltonallsaints.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804040540/http://www.carshaltonallsaints.org.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2003 |title=Carshalton All Saints |publisher=Carshalton All Saints |access-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref> is located at the west end of Carshalton High Street, opposite Carshalton Ponds. A church has stood on this site since at least Norman times and probably much longer. The current church contains 12th century work; the tower is the oldest part of the building and is thought to date back to before the Norman Conquest. The church has been much extended over the centuries: the north side, which most visitors see first, is a Victorian facade constructed mostly of dark flint; but the south side is earlier, and shows signs of the many alterations that have been made. The most significant change to the building was in 1891 when a new [[nave]] and north [[aisle]] were added. The dramatic west end gallery, which accommodates the large three manual [[Henry Willis & Sons|Willis Organ]], was designed by the [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-catholic]] architect [[Ninian Comper]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Carshalton All Saints – History of Church.|url=http://www.carshaltonallsaints.org.uk/History.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911202516/http://www.carshaltonallsaints.org.uk/History.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2011}}</ref>

Just outside the churchyard wall is a spring locally known as "[[Anne Boleyn]]'s Well". It is popularly said to have received this name because it appeared when Anne Boleyn's horse kicked a stone and a spring of water appeared. But the more likely explanation is that the name is a corruption of "[[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]]". The [[Count of Boulogne|Counts of Boulogne]] owned land here in the 12th century and there may have been a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Boulogne near the well.<ref>{{cite book|last=Duncan|first=Andrew|title=Andrew Duncans Favourite London Walks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCBGBt7a0DoC&pg=PA241|year=2006|publisher=New Holland Publishers, Limited|isbn=978-1-84537-454-9|page=241}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>