Kingston upon Thames, is the principal settlement of the Royal
Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market
town where Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston is situated 10 miles
(16.1 km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan
centres identified in the London Plan. Kingston was part of a large ancient
parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in
1835. It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893,
extraterritorially since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965. The
population of the town itself,
