A HISTORY OF SEETHING WELLS, SURBITON

This is a PowerPoint presentation with notes of a talk, entitled “A history of Seething Wells, Surbiton”, that was given to Surbiton & District Historical Society on 1 September 2026. The talk explored the name, the place, its waters and the old waterworks which delivered filtered water to London consumers, thereby significantly to reduce the threat of epidemic cholera. It was the result of ongoing research and incorporated personal recollections and observations of changing features during walks around the area. Importantly, these included the decline of the site known as “The Filter Beds” which to local people had become an unofficial nature reserve.