# Wrythe

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A suburban area (district) of Carshalton in the Borough of Sutton, Greater London.
2. A portion of the River Wandle as it flows through Carshalton and past the Wrythe.

## Etymology
The place-name was coined (or at least standardised) in the Ordnance Survey's 1:1056 scale map series, published 1867, but first attested 10 August 1866 in a document presented to the House of Commons (see quotations) using the Survey's then-unpublished map data.

## Source
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