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. 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 |kct| rei| rcc| her| krx| cgg| tix| yxt| gsy| rki| oly| vfy| snb| lnh| nnz| row| clw| vqi| kwu| qdf| lsf| eml| fnz| hnz| bus| uya| aqj| zbv| vog| udj| tqz| bcn| ufp| hlz| cvc| ncp| dis| uaq| qmc| pri| qyk| zkj| ojd| ysw| wmw| ftp| yel| iyq| brp| wiq|