NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Runnymede (district)

Borough of Runnymede
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 270th 78.04 km�
Admin. HQ:	Addlestone
ONS code:	43UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 295th 78,887 1,011 / km�
Ethnicity:	95.0% White 1.9% S.Asian
Politics
Runnymede Borough Council http://www.runnymede.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Philip Hammond

Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey.

The district is named after Runnymede, a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames in the parish of Egham. Runnymede is celebrated in connection with the signature of Magna Carta by King John in 1215, and is the site of several significant monuments.

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Categories: UK geography stubs | Surrey

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Runnymede (borough) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (225 words)
	Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey.
	Runnymede is entirely unparished and is largely built-up, although with expanses of countryside.
	The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the Chertsey and Egham urban districts.

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