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Downside, Surrey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Downside, Surrey

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Downside, Surrey history

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Toponymy

The village was named after the Downe family, where they had lived since at least the 12th century. The family had lived in the village of Downe since 12th Century. The village is named after Downe, who had lived there for more than a century.

Early history

Cobham Park was first known as Downe Place after this family. Much of the village green was part of a common open to those with villager status of the Downeside Tything. Neither of the settlements is a civil parish and the church became tied with that of Ockham at an unknown date.

Downside, Surrey geography / climate

Downside (and the adjacent hamlet of Hatchford) is situated in open countryside between Cobham to the north and East Horsley to the south, Stoke D’Abernon to the east. The elevated community is part of the Surrey Wildlife Trust expanse of Wisley Heath and Ockham Common.

Elevations, Soils and Geology

Elevations of the central part of Downside, on all sides of the Common vary from 36 metres (118 ft) AOD in southwest to 27 metres (89 ft) Above Ordnance Datum in northeast. The soil stretching from Cobham and Downside as far as Effingham is “slowly permeable loamy/clayey slightly acid but base-rich soil”

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Best Downside, Surrey places to visit

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

The Rye (brook) The Rye is a stream rising east of Ashtead and flowing into the River Mole near Leatherhead, Surrey. It rises east of Ashtead and flows east of Leatherhead and flows into the River Mole.

Painshill Painshill is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th-century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by Charles Hamilton. The original house built in the park by Hamilton has since been demolished.

Cobham F.C. Cobham Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in the village of Cobham, Surrey. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at Leg O’Mutton Field.

St Mary’s Church, Stoke d’Abernon The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. The oldest parts of the church date from the 7th century and are Grade I listed.

Foxwarren Park Foxwarren Park, at Wisley in Surrey, was designed in 1860 by the railway architect Frederick Barnes for brewing magnate and MP Charles Buxton. It was then owned by Hannah Weinstein and chosen for films and television series including The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Burwood Park Burwood Park is a private residential estate in Hersham, Surrey. It consists of approximately 400 detached houses dating from the early 20th century to the present day.

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