End of Tenancy Cleaning Cheam SM3

The Roman road Stane Street partly surrounds Cheam. The first mention of this area comes from the year 727. At that time, Cheam belonged to Chertsey monastery and it was known as Cegeham. The name might mean “village near the tree stumps”. In 1086, this SM3 area was called Ceiham. The Domesday Book records Archbishop Lanfranc as in charge of this settlement that included a church, meadow, and woodland. Archaeological findings suggest that this place had potteries in the Medieval Ages. Cheam gained town status in 1259 as per royal decree from King Henry III. Part of the town belonged to King Henry VIII in 1538. He was the one who built Nonsuch Palace.

The now-demolished Nonsuch Palace was built on the site of Cuddington village. The King paid compensation for the demolition of Cuddington and its church. The palace was meant to be like no such other building. That’s the story behind its name. The building took around 10 years and costed £24,000. The construction was completed by Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel who bought the Palace after the death of King Henry VIII. In 1670, King Charles II gave the Palace to his mistress Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. She demolished it 10 years later and sold the salvaged materials to cover gambling debts.

Nonsuch Mansion is a Gothic Revival building constructed in 1743. It can be found within the grounds of Nonsuch Park. St Dunstan’s Church, The Old Cottage, and Whitehall are other notable Cheam buildings. St Dunstan’s Church dates from 1864. Architect F. H. Pownall designed this Grade II listed building. The oldest building in the borough of Sutton is found in this part of South West London. The exact date when the Lumley Chapel was built is not known but evidence shows that it happened soon after 1018.