Stoneleigh is a suburban area southwest of London, situated in the north of the Epsom and Ewell borough in the county of Surrey, England.
The construction of the railway station, in 1932, was responsible for initiating the development of most of Stoneleigh, which was largely completed by the onset of World War II in late 1939.
Bowling Green and Coldharbour farms in the north of the park were run jointly and in 1860 were acquired by John Jeffries Stone.
[6] In 1915 only London Road (A24) contained homes, which could be found along the length of Nonsuch Park, although most were close to the large 'Stoneleigh' house.
[7] Between the world wars, demand for housing on commuter routes into London meant the area grew rapidly.
Maps from 1931 show the land was mainly "Meadowland and permanent grass" with patches of "Forest and woodland" and "Heathland, moorland, commons and rough pasture".
The Stoneleigh Hotel, now a Grade II listed building, opened in November 1935[10] and additional shops were built on the Broadway in the late 1930s.
In 1938, Stoneleigh Methodist church was completed, the same year that the Rembrandt cinema opened next to the railway line on the Kingston Road.
[9] The vast majority of the Stoneleigh area had been built on before construction was halted by the onset of World War II in late 1939, with almost all the new homes being semi-detached.
Additionally, an area in the far north of Stoneleigh was developed into housing around this time following the closure of the Worcester Park Brick Works.
[13] The Beverley Brook's source is at the extreme north of the suburb at Sparrow Farm Road before it flows into Worcester Park through Cuddington Recreation Ground.
The cente of the suburb (Stoneleigh Broadway) is at about 37 metres on a gentle incline just north of the Ewell Court Stream.
In 2023, this area was regained from Ewell Court back to Auriol, simultaneously to the creation of the new Horton Ward in the west of the borough.
It opened in the 1780s as the drinking place of the workmen who fitted the Father Willis organ in St Mary's Church in Ewell.
[22] Kentucky Fried Chicken had previously owned the site and had unsuccessfully applied for planning permission to turn it into one of their restaurants .
Nonsuch Primary School on Chadacre Road is run by Sutton Council despite being situated in Epsom and Ewell.