Carshalton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Carshalton
Historical Forms
- (æt) Aweltune 880–5 BCS553 c.1000
- Æuueltone 675 BCS 13th
- Euualtone 933 BCS697 13th
- Aultone 1086 DB
- Awlton 1196 Merton
- Awylton 1196 FF
- Awelton 1192,1207 FF 1225 Ass 1263 Merton
- Chershautone 1199 ChR
- Kersaulton 1218 Merton
- Kersawelton 1225 Ass 1229 FF
- Kershawelton 1244 Fees
- Cershawelton 1255 Ass
- Cresaulton 1235 Ass
- Cressauton 1255 Ass
- Creshalton 1263 Ass
- Cressalton 1259–75 Ch
- Kressalton 1285 Ass
- Cresalton 1381 BM
- Kersalton 1239 FF 1242 Fees
- Kersaulton 1259–75 Ch c.1270,1301 Winton
- Kersholton 1255 Ass
- Carshaulton 1279 Ass
- Carshalton 1323 FF
- Carsolton 1556 FF
- Cassaltion 1370 FF 1491 Ipm 1546 FF
- Casshallton 1594 SACxviii
- Kyrsalton 1381 BM
- Crassalton 1426 FF
- Crasalton 1498 BM
Etymology
The original OE name was evidently ǣwiell -tūn , 'farm by the spring head,' v. æwiell , tun . Aubrey (ii, 74) notes that it lies low and that in it rise many springs. Later the element 'cress' was added (OE cærse, ME kerse , cres (se )), possibly to distinguish the place from other Altons; already in the 13th century we have (t. Hy 3AddCh ) the grant of a messuage in Carshalton cum kersenaria (i.e. a watercress bed), and there are still watercress beds by the Wandle, one of the headsprings of which is here.