Stoneleigh, Surrey
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| Stoneleigh shown within Surrey | |
| Area | 1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi) |
| Population | 8,741 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 4,529/km2 (11,730/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ2264 |
| • London | 11.3 mi (18.2 km) NNE |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EPSOM |
| Postcode district | KT17, KT19 |
| Post town | WORCESTER PARK |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Stoneleigh is a suburb of southwest London, occupying most of the northern part of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, with a population of almost 9,000 residents. It is situated 11 miles (18 km) from the centre of London with a few streets in the London Borough of Sutton. In the traditional parish system it was part of Ewell and Cuddington until the building of its church, St John the Baptist, in 1939.
Stoneleigh was extensively developed from fields into a low rise network of homes in the 1930s, spurred by the building of Stoneleigh railway station. Most of the houses are semi-detached. Stoneleigh's main amenities are the station and Stoneleigh Broadway, its main street, with shops and a post office. Its area, in the angle between the A240 and the A24, comprises the wards of Stoneleigh and Auriol and a small part of the Ewell Court ward of Ewell.
The Roman road Stane Street passed along the eastern boundary of what is now Stoneleigh (the modern day London Road/A24) on its way from London to Chichester via the nearby spring at Ewell. In the 17th century, the area which is now Stoneleigh was part of the Great Park of Nonsuch Palace. In 1731 the Nonsuch estate was sold off and the Great Park, by then known as Worcester Park was divided up and turned into farmland.
Bowling Green and Coldharbour farms in the north of the park were run jointly and in 1860 were acquired by John Jeffries Stone. He had a large house he called 'Stoneleigh', close to the Bowling Green Farmhouse, which gave its name to the district.
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