Cheam
Cheam in popular culture
Cheam in popular culture
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In the comedy show *[Hancock's Half Hour](/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour "Hancock's Half Hour")*, [Tony Hancock](/wiki/Tony_Hancock "Tony Hancock") lived in the fictional road Railway Cuttings, in East Cheam. Though not in existence today, East Cheam did exist officially in name and was not fictional. The census of 1841 includes the place\-names East Cheam, North Cheam, Garden Green and Cheam Common.

Cheam is referred to in a rhyme dating back to the 18th century, and revised in the Victorian era to:

"[Sutton](/wiki/Sutton%2C_London "Sutton, London") for good mutton;  

**Cheam** for juicy beef;  

[Croydon](/wiki/Croydon "Croydon") for a pretty girl  

And [Mitcham](/wiki/Mitcham "Mitcham") for a thief."

St. Dunstan's Church was used in an episode of the TV comedy *[The I.T. Crowd](/wiki/The_I.T._Crowd "The I.T. Crowd")*, Series 2 ("Return of the Golden Child").

Scenes from an episode of *[Made in Chelsea](/wiki/Made_in_Chelsea "Made in Chelsea")* were filmed in Nonsuch Mansion.


What is Nonsuch Mansion's connection to Cheam?