Carshalton is a town in the modern borough of Sutton, in the south of (London, England). In the 19th century, it was known for its lavender fields, and it was known as the Lavender Capital of the World.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

Of the Street Sellers of Live Birds. (Volume 2): "The localities where these men "catch," are the neighbourhoods of the places I have mentioned as their residences, and at Holloway, Hampstead, Highgate, Finchley, Battersea, Blackheath, Putney, Mortlake, Chiswick, Richmond, Hampton, Kingston, Eltham, Carshalton, Streatham, the Tootings, Woodford, Epping, Snaresbrook, Walthamstow, Tottenham, Edmonton—wherever, in fine, are open fields, plains, or commons around the metropolis."

Phase 2

Of a “reduced” Gentlewoman, and a “reduced” Tradesman, as Street-sellers of Stationery.(Volume 1)