Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden, Surbiton and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in England. The others are the London boroughs of Greenwich and Kensington and Chelsea and Windsor and Maidenhead, the site of Windsor Castle. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council. Districts in the borough Berrylands Canbury Chessington Coombe Hook Kingston upon Thames Kingston Vale Malden Rushett Motspur Park New Malden Norbiton Old Malden Surbiton Tolworth Adjacent local government districts Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Merton Mole Valley Richmond upon Thames Sutton Wandsworth History Kingston upon Thames, on the south bank of the River Thames has existed for many hundreds of years. Many Roman relics have been found in the surrounding areas. A church has stood on the site of All Saints' Church, in the centre of Kingston, for more than a thousand years. An earlier church was sacked by the Vikings in 1009 AD. Kingston was the site of the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs: