12 Facts About Sutton Common

Sutton Common is the name of former common land and a district and neighbourhood located in Sutton, London.

The area is mostly located within the London Borough of Sutton, with some of the streets to the north and west of Sutton Common Park adjoining Lower Morden and Morden within the London Borough of Merton.

Sutton Common is within the Stonecot and Sutton North wards of Sutton Council.

Original Sutton Common was, as the name suggests, common land including Oldfields Farm to the east, located at what is Rosehill, and Stonecot Hill to the west, through which ran the Roman road from London to Chichester known as Stane Street and which is the modern A24.

Nicholas Carew by the counsel of malignant men impleaded the lord Thomas Culverdon concerning a certain pasture in Sutton called Sutton Heth pretending that he has a lordship in all the said Common and that it ought to be called Kersaulton Heth not Sutton Heth.

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In 1718 the highway from London to Sutton Common was declared to be dangerous to persons, horses and cattle, impassable for five monthsin the year.

Sutton Common first seems to have appeared on a topographical map of Surrey made in 1749 by the King's Geographer, Emanuel Bowen; it was partially indicated by a marsh, as was the area now known as Morden Park to the west, called Malden Common on the map.

In 1750 every Sutton householder was allowed to turn one cow on to the Common; those holding ten acres, two cows; thirty acres, three cows; and so on to a maximum of six cows.

Later villas included Broomloan and Hilton Grange at the junction between Sutton Common Road and what was called Glensham Lane ; Aysgarth, which is a block of modern flats called Aysgarth Court; and Hallmead Farm near Hallmead Road and Stayton Road.

Sutton Common is home to Glenthorne High School and two large recreation grounds, Sutton Common Recreation Ground and Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground, as well as part of the smaller Hamilton Avenue Recreation Ground bordering North Cheam; the Pyl Brook courses through, rising about half a kilometre further east near to Stayton Road and Pylbrook Road.

Sutton Common Park, adjoining the Recreation Ground, contains a wet marsh and wild area for conserving and studying local biodiversity.

Football team Sutton Common Rovers represent the area at football and play at Gander Green Lane, which is the home of Sutton United.