Egham
Egham shown within Surrey
Population	5,724 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	TQ008712
- London	20 miles (32 km) ENE
District	Runnymede
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EGHAM
Postcode district	TW18, TW20
Dialling code	01784
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Runnymede and Weybridge
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

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Egham is a small town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, in the south-east of England. Forming part of the London commuter belt, it is situated 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of central London on both the River Thames and Junction 13 of the M25 motorway. Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey. ... This article is about the English county. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Commuters from East Anglia arrive at Londons Liverpool Street station The London commuter belt is the metropolitan area surrounding London from which it is possible to commute to work in the capital. ... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

Egham town has a population of 5,724^[1] and contiguous Egham Hythe has a population of 6,345.^[2] Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ025705 Administration District: Runnymede Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: STAINES Postal...

On 12 September 2007 a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease was found in Egham, 12 miles (19 km) from the previous outbreak found in early August 2007.^[3] is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Not to be confused with hand, foot and mouth disease. ... DEFRA Protection Order centre point. ...

History

Egham predates 666 which was when Chertsey Abbey was founded with lands which included that of Ecga's Ham, from which the name Egham derives. A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ...

Egham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Egeham. It was held by Chertsey Abbey. Its domesday assets were: 15 hides; 12 ploughs, 120 acres of meadow, woodland, herbage and pannage worth 75 hogs. It rendered £30 10s 0d. ^[4] A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. ... The hide was a variable unit of land area used in medieval England, defined according to its arable yield and taxable potential rather than its exact dimensions. ... The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with horses and plough. ... A meadow is a habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... Hog is a domestic or feral adult swine. ...

The village of Egham was previously an ancient parish covering land totalling 7,435 acres (30 km²) in the counties of Berkshire and Surrey; incorporating Egham, Egham Hill, Coopers Hill, Englefield Green, Virginia Water, Shrubs Hill, Runnymede, Egham Hythe, and a considerable portion of Windsor Great Park.^[5] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the English county. ... , Englefield Green is a village of 11,180 [1][2]people in northern Surrey, England. ... Virginia Water Lake For the lake, see Virginia Water Lake. ... Location of Runnymede at grid reference SU998727 in the United Kingdom Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the county of Surrey, England, associated with the signing of the Magna Carta and today the site of a collection of memorials. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ025705 Administration District: Runnymede Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: STAINES Postal... Deer crossing the Long Walk to Windsor Castle Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. ...

The manor of Egham, which includes Runnymede belonged formerly, and in 1215, to Chertsey Abbey, and after the dissolution (around 1540) became the property of the Crown, though granted to various tenants (holders) at different times.^[6] For other uses of the term dissolution see Dissolution. ... This article refers to the Commonwealths concept of the monarchys legal authority. ...

The Magna Carta was sealed at nearby Runnymede in 1215, and is commemorated by a memorial, built in 1957 by the American Bar Association, at the foot of Cooper's Hill (a small rise adjacent to the Thames floodplain, immortalised in verse by such luminaries as John Denham ('Cooper's Hill') and Alexander Pope ('Windsor Forest')). This article is about the English charter issued in 1215. ... Location of Runnymede at grid reference SU998727 in the United Kingdom Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the county of Surrey, England, associated with the signing of the Magna Carta and today the site of a collection of memorials. ... Sir John Denham (1615 - 1669), poet, son of the Chief Baron of Exchequer in Ireland, was born in Dublin, and educated at Oxford He began his literary career with a tragedy, The Sophy (1641), which seldom rises above mediocrity. ... For other uses, see Alexander Pope (disambiguation). ...

There is also another, more sizeable memorial at the top of the hill (technically located in the nearby village of Englefield Green) that commemorates Allied airmen, whose bodies were never recovered, killed whilst serving with Commonwealth forces in World War II. This structure is of particular architectural interest as the first new-built British building to be listed in the post-war era. The memorial (administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) is freely open to the public year-round and offers excellent views towards London, Windsor and the Surrey Hills, as well as being a place of quiet contemplation and reflection.

Egham at one time held horse races which took place at the Runnymede meadow, which interfered with the Inclosure Act of 1814 (54 G. III, c. 153), and the consequent award made in 1817, which divided up the meadow, as the Act stipulated that any enclosures which should interfere with the holding of Egham races at the end of August upon on its usual course must be removed every year. In 1836 the races was presided over by William IV, who gave a plate to be run for at the meeting, which coincided with festivities at Windsor for his daughter's marriage. The races ceased in 1884.^[6] The Inclosure Acts were a number of United Kingdom Acts of Parliament which inclosed common land in the country. ... William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 26 June 1830 until his death. ...

The principal properties were 'Egham Park', and 'Egham Wick'.^[7]

There is a grave in Egham Churchyard where the coffin is suspended on chains as a result of a strange will in which the deceased said that he did not want to be buried or remain above the ground after death. The strange solution enabled his family to inherit.

Governance

Egham once lay within the Godley hundred, which for a time may have been external to the historic county boundaries of Surrey. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Godley was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. ... A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... This article is about the English county. ...

Egham Rural District was a Local Government District within the administrative county of Surrey. It was created in 1894 and replaced in 1906 with Egham Urban District, which was later abolished in 1974. Since 1974, Egham has lain within the Runnymede borough of Surrey. In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... The division into counties is one of the larger divisions of England. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey. ...

Geography

Egham's neighbouring towns are Staines, Sunningdale, Englefield Green and Virginia Water. Windsor Great Park and the towns of Old Windsor and Windsor are a few kilometres to the northwest. For the French commune, see Stains. ... This page is about the town. ... , Englefield Green is a village of 11,180 [1][2]people in northern Surrey, England. ... Virginia Water Lake For the lake, see Virginia Water Lake. ... Deer crossing the Long Walk to Windsor Castle Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. ... Map sources for Old Windsor at grid reference: SU 983 744 Old Windsor is a village in Berkshire, south of the large town of Windsor, Berkshire and near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet. ... This article is about the English town. ...

The area between Egham and Staines town centres is known as Egham Hythe. Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ025705 Administration District: Runnymede Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: STAINES Postal...

Just to the north of Egham is Wraysbury, home of the British Disabled Waterski Association. Just to the South is Thorpe Park, a large theme park of rides and attractions. Wraysbury (previously Wyrardsbury) is a village in Berkshire, England. ... This article is about the English theme park. ... Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...

Economy

Egham High Street

Egham is home to a large research centre for Procter & Gamble on a site called Rusham Park Technical Centre (formally owned by Shell oils). P&G has over 550 employees in Egham, working on Fine Fragrance, Beauty Care and Health Care brands, such as Hugo Boss, Olay, and Vicks. Other notable employers include Research in Motion (makers of BlackBerry) and the Runnymede Hotel & Spa. Procter & Gamble Co. ... For the clothing company, see Hugo Boss AG. Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885 - 1948) was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss AG. hello, pooey true that, cuh. ... Olay is a Procter & Gamble brand, based around a facial moisturizer skin care product. ... 50g Vicks VapoRub. ... Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company. ... This article is about the fruit. ...

Egham and near by towns are full of connections with prestige sports cars. Egham has been Ferrari's spiritual home in the United Kingdom located in the listed Tower Garage. Lagonda Cars were based at Egham Hythe where Sainsbury's is now located. 1937 Lagonda LG45R Rapide Lagonda, the British car maker, was founded in 1906 in Staines, Middlesex by the American Wilbur Gunn. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ025705 Administration District: Runnymede Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: STAINES Postal...

Transport

Egham railway station is situated on the railway lines from Waterloo in London to Reading and Weybridge. Passenger services are operated by South West Trains. Several bus routes connect the town and Royal Holloway to Staines and nearby London Heathrow Airport. Junction 13 of the M25 motorway is nearby. Egham railway station is a railway station serving the town of Egham in Surrey, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... , Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... , Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... For the French commune, see Stains. ... Heathrow redirects here. ...

Education

Strode's College is an institution in Egham dating back to 1704 and was a grammar school before being designated a sixth form college in 1975. Strodes College Crest Strodes College is a sixth form college located in Egham, Surrey. ...

Royal Holloway, University of London is a college of the University of London located between Egham and Englefield Green, and caters for about 8000 students. Affiliations 1994 Group University of London ACU AMBA Website http://www. ... Website http://www. ...

The Magna Carta School, formerly Hythe County Secondary, is in Egham Hythe. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ025705 Administration District: Runnymede Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: STAINES Postal...

Notable people

Various notable people were born in the town including: Frederick James Furnivall in 1825, he was one of the co-creators of the Oxford English Dictionary and Hugh Reginald Haweis, the cleric and writer, in 1838. Frederick James Furnivall (February 4, 1825 - July 2, 1910), English philologist and editor, was born at Egham, Surrey, the son of a surgeon who made his fortune from running the private lunatic asylum at Great Fosters there. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of... Rev. ...

John Denham (poet) wrote poetry about the town in the 17th century. The provisions merchant Edward Budgen resided in the town in the 20th century.^[8] Sir John Denham (1615 - 1669), poet, son of the Chief Baron of Exchequer in Ireland, was born in Dublin, and educated at Oxford He began his literary career with a tragedy, The Sophy (1641), which seldom rises above mediocrity. ... Edward Budgen was founder of Budgens. ...

References

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External links

• Egham town website.
• Magna Carta Essays
• Bibliography of local history
• Egham Hythe, St Paul's Church and Edward Budgen (see history page)
• Borough Councillor Daniel Hamilton's Blog