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Addlestone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Addlestone

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Addlestone history

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The town is recorded as Attelsdene in 1241 and its name is probably derived from that of a Saxon landowner. Previously part of the parish of neighbouring Chertsey, it began to grow as significant settlement in its own right from the mid-18th century. The Civic Centre houses the offices of Runnymede Borough Council, Addlestone Police Station and the local library.

Chertsey Beomond Manor/Woburn Park

Addlestone, including St George’s College’s grounds of Woburn Park and the remaining farms and water meadows designated Green Belt were the western strip of Chertsey Manor . The western strip was a grant of land by Frithwald, subregulus of Surrey, between 666 and 675 CE until the Dissolution of the Monasteries .

Since 1800

The Princess Mary Village Homes at Addlestone were established by the organisation and patronage of the Duchess of Teck (Princess Mary of Cambridge) in 1871 . Chertsey Urban District took over all roles of the parish and of the “Godley Hundred” under the Local Government Act 1894 .

Elevation, soil and geology

Elevations range between 11 metres (36 ft) and 40 metres (130 ft) The maximum is on Row Hill recreation ground, Row Town, Addlestone . The minimum is by the Thames and along the Woburn Park Stream which is the main distributary of The Bourne .

Addlestone landmarks

The George Inn

A Grade II listed building at the renaming Brighton Road to Chertsey Road, the George Inn, almost opposite which are another listed building split into two houses . This Inn is a Tudor Period building with 18th century and later alterations and has three gables facing the road .

Woburn Hill

Woburn Hill is a large house built in 1815 spread over three storeys . It features a moulded cornice and fluted Greek Doric columns to its porch .

Addlestone geography / climate

Addlestone is approximately 9.8 miles (15.8 km) northeast of Guildford and 18.6 mi (29.9 km) southwest of London.

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62 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Addlestone places to visit

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Addlestone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Addlestone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Addlestone’s information audio spots:

Woodham, Surrey Woodham is a suburban village in Surrey next to New Haw . It is contiguous with two suburbs of Woking: Sheerwater and West Byfleet .

Coxes Lock Coxes Lock is towards the northern end of the Wey Navigation parallel to the River Wey in Addlestone, Surrey. The tallest non-ecclesiastical/civic building in South-East of England outside London pre-dating about 1880 is the east of the former mill blocks, which are now apartments.

BAC Concorde G-BBDG G-BBDG (manufacturer’s serial number 202, known as “Delta Golf”) was the British development Concorde built for evaluation testing. Along with the French Concorde F-WTSB, the aircraft was used to enable sufficient testing to allow for the Concorde fleet to receive certification.

Oatlands Palace Oatlands Palace is a former Tudor and Stuart royal palace. It took the place of the former manor of the village of Weybridge, Surrey. Little remains of the original building, so excavations of the palace took place in 1964 to rediscover its extent.

Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) is a rowing club on the River Wey and River Thames. The club is based at Boat House, Walton Lane, Wey Bridge, Elmbridge, Surrey.

Lock Island Lock Island is an island in the River Thames connected to Shepperton Lock. Facing the attached by lock-gate bridge mainland is a hedge-lined lawn hosting a café. The Thames River Police have a station on the island.

Weybridge United Reformed Church The Decorated Gothic Revival church was designed in 1864 by John Tarring and opened the following year. The church joined the United Reformed Church denomination in 1972. Historic England has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.

Laleham Burway Laleham Burway is a 1.6-square-kilometre (0.62 sq mi) tract of water-meadow in the far north of Chertsey in Surrey. Part of it was a cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of cricket club. The southern part of the effective island sharing the name of the Burway was the Abbey Mead, which was kept since the seventh century.

Chertsey branch line The Chertsey branch line, opened in 1848, connects the Waterloo to Reading Line at Virginia Water to the South West Main Line at Weybridge. For passenger services it has a terminus siding at Weybridge otherwise its other three stations are through stations. Day trip steam excursions share in use of the line sometimes calling at London Waterloo, Staines, Woking and stations.

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