A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Weybridge.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Surrey, at the influx of the Wey with the Thames, 3½ miles SE. of Chertsey, 1372 ac., pop. 3027; P.O., T.O., and P.O., T.O., called Weybridge Village, 1 Bank. Weybridge owes its great increase in population to the erection of many fine villas of London merchants. An oil mill gives employment to a number of the inhabitants. There are market and fruit gardens. A palace, built in the par. by Henry VIII., is represented by some gateways and underground passages.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Weybridge CP/AP Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Weybridge |
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