Berrylands

Berrylands is a residential neighbourhood in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is a suburban development situated 10.1 miles (16.3 km) south west of Charing Cross. Nearby places include Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth, Kingston upon Thames and Chessington. Berrylands railway station is 24 minutes from London Waterloo by train. Before 1965 Berrylands formed part of the Municipal Borough of Surbiton. Berrylands is a place-name that misleadingly suggests "land where berries grow". It actually means "land on a tumulus or hill", from Old English beorg (modern dialectal "barrow" meaning "hill"), cognate with Old Norse bergr, bjorgr and borgr which mean the same thing, and Old English land ("land"). The name was recorded as...