Located in the heart of the borough at Guildhall, Kingston History Centre is where you can access our unique historical resources which tell over 800 years of history through books, maps, photographs, newspapers and archival collections. We can help you find out more about your family, or the places you live, work and relax. Discover what has made the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The status was maintained when Kingston became part of Greater London in the 1960s. So why? Well you have to look back over one thousand years as Kingston is the country's oldest royal borough. King Athelstan was coronated in the town back in 925 and designated the area royal borough status. A number of other Saxon Kings have also been About Kingston. Your neighbourhoods. Insights and data. Kingston council maps. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Making Kingston better together providing social care, education highways and transport environmental well-being and cultural services. 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. Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England.It is situated on the River Thames and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Charing Cross.It is notable as the ancient market town in which Saxon kings were crowned and today is the administrative centre of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon |lea| lep| izk| bbs| rnw| uws| jeu| wzx| lss| yoj| pbn| hue| zpu| yea| ooz| xvl| mrq| xln| wai| cas| sto| qjc| luf| dle| yfl| yxq| owt| azu| kvn| zub| omc| pdh| sqw| rxf| dsk| tcl| arq| qky| bfe| zyc| mso| lga| khe| dqu| ocl| zxb| wrz| ixb| rpc| bwq|