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Courtney Crescent, CARSHALTON, SM5 4NB

Large green at the top of Courtney Crescent, first marked on the 1935 25 inch map.

Houses in Courtney Crescent, first marked on the 1935 25 inch map.

Lavender has long been grown in this area of the North Downs: Christmas decorations in the London Borough of Sutton take the form of illuminated lavender, local scout troupes wear it as their distinguishing shoulder patch, and so forth. The crop is still grown commercially at a few locations in the area.

Lavender has long been grown in this area of the North Downs: Christmas decorations in the London Borough of Sutton take the form of illuminated lavender, local scout troupes wear it as their distinguishing shoulder patch, and so forth. The crop is still grown commercially at a few locations in the area.

South of Carshalton village centre, Fountain Drive - the former entrance driveway - climbs towards the site of the former Queen Mary Hospital. Here, two roads approach it as if to cross it - East Drive from the west and Dingwall Road to the east - but each is blocked to road traffic by a wall. There is a degree of social separation across the entrance driveway - Dingwall Road lies within an apparent former council estate, whilst East Drive comprises more expensive private housing – and this reflects the fact that originally the walls were a solid barrier even to pedestrians. During the Second World War gaps were created in the walls to facilitate access to and from the hospital from the nearby residential areas; after the War it was intended to reinstate the barriers but local pressure prevented this, residents finding that the hospital’s entrance provided, for instance, a swift route to Carshalton Beeches station. Pedestrians are allowed through to this day, but there has never been an open road crossing. My thanks to John Hyde (http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/122976 ) for making this layout clear.

Gaynesford Road is a residential road in Carshalton, in the outer suburbs of south London.

Church on Queen Mary's Avenue, built 1929-30 and designed by Martin Travers in "Spanish colonial" style. It replaced a "tin tabernacle" mission church on Stanley Park Road situated where a shopping parade now stands (see Image). Side extensions have subsequently been added both south (in 2001) and north (in 2011) of the main church. Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1253568?section=official-list-entry.