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Staines-upon-Thames Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Staines-upon-Thames

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Staines-upon-Thames history

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Early history

A neolithic causewayed camp has been found at the south of Yeoveney on Staines Moor. This had later prehistoric, Roman, and Saxon occupation. Roman occupation debris and agricultural features of 2nd–3rd century AD date. There has been a crossing of the Thames at Staines since Roman times.

Modern history

Laleham is a long tranche beginning east of the north-south Sweep’s Ditch which runs south to the tip of the Penton Hook peninsula of the River Thames. It was used for an overnight horse change on The Trafalgar Way in 1805, announcing the victory over the combined French and Spanish fleet and the death of Nelson. The town was a major producer of linoleum after the formation of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company in 1864 by Frederick Walton.

Staines Urban District

In 1894 the Local Government Act 1894 created the Staines Urban District. This status conferred additional powers and responsibilities compared with the few Rural Districts in Middlesex County Council. In 1965, apart from Staines, Sunbury-on-Thames and Potters Bar Urban Districts, became part of Greater London. Staines and Sunbury were transferred to Surrey and Potter Bar to Hertfordshire.

Staines-upon-Thames

The town changed its official name to “Staines-upon-Thames” on 20 May 2012. Spelthorne Borough Council voted by 25 votes to 4 with 6 abstentions (including all the councillors for Staines ward itself) to change the name of the town. Royal Mail adopted the new name in mid-2013, having previously stated that the name would remain on the Postcode Address File.

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82 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Staines-upon-Thames places to visit

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

Rusham Park Rusham Park is an industrial site in Egham, Surrey, England. It was formally owned by Shell, Richardson Vicks, and Procter & Gamble. It is now owned by Royal Holloway University. The four-acre site consists of ten buildings built and renovated at different times.

St John’s Church, Egham St. John’s Church is an evangelical Anglican church located in the centre of Egham, Surrey. There are approximately 320 members on the Electoral Roll and a usual Sunday attendance in the region of 300. The church’s current vicar is Revd Esther Prior, who was appointed in September 2018.

Englefield Green Rovers F.C. Englefield Green Rovers F.C. were members of the Surrey FA. They were a football club based in Englefeld Green, near Egham.

King George VI Reservoir The King George VI Reservoir sits between Stanwell Moor and Staines upon Thames, south-west of Heathrow, England. It was opened in November 1947 and named after the then reigning monarch George VI.

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