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Coordinates: 51°22′19″N 0°27′10″W / 51.37204, -0.4527 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 709 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1275 × 1078 pixel, file size: 253 KB, MIME type: image/png) Surrey outline, showing motorways and urban areas. ...
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The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
Elmbridge is a borough in Surrey, England. ...
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ...
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The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ...
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A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ...
UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ...
The KT postcode area is a group of 24 postal districts in south west Greater London and north east Surrey which are subdivisions of 18 post towns. ...
The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ...
Surrey Police is the Home Office police force the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Chief Constable Bob Quick and has its headquarters at Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey. ...
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The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statuory fire & rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations. ...
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Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the River Wey, from which it gets its name. Elmbridge is a borough in Surrey, England. ...
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South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ...
This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ...
The River Wey in Surrey is one of the Waterways in the United Kingdom and a tributary of the River Thames. ...
Weybridge is made up of a number of distinct areas: town centre shopping area, Monument Hill / Queens Road shopping area, St George's Hill, Brooklands and Oatlands Village. Weybridge is a town in Surrey, England. ...
Brooklands was a motor racing circuit built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. ...
Oatlands is a district in Surrey near Weybridge (Weybridge website), which in Tudor and Stuart times was the location of a royal palace. ...
History Weybridge lay within the Saxon administrative district of Elmbridge hundred. Look up Saxon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Elmbridge is in the north of the hundreds of Surrey Elmbridge 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. ...
Weybridge appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Webrige and Webruge. It was held partly by Chertsey Abbey; partly by an Englishman from the abbey; and partly by Herfrid from the Bishop of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 6 hides; 1½ ploughs, 32 acres of meadow, wood worth 9 hogs. It rendered £4.[1] 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. ...
Bayeux (pronounced ) is a small town and commune in the Calvados département, in Normandy, northwestern France. ...
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 a horse and plough. ...
A meadow is a habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. ...
Hog is a domestic or feral adult swine. ...
The early history of Weybridge was simply as a river crossing. In 1537 it became the location of Oatlands Palace built by Henry VIII. When it was demolished in 1650, bricks from its walls helped to line the then new Wey Navigation canal. Part of the original site of the Palace is now occupied by Oatlands Park Hotel. Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ...
Oatlands is a district in Surrey near Weybridge (Weybridge website), which in Tudor and Stuart times was the location of a royal palace. ...
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Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Godalming Navigation near Godalming National Trust sign showing canal The River Wey is one of the first rivers in England to be made navigable. ...
At the bottom of Monument Hill, close to the town centre is a monument to the Duchess of York, erected by public subscription in 1820 from the remains of the original Seven Dials Monument that stood in St.Martin's Lane London until 1773. The Seven Dials sundial pillar, 2004. ...
At the top of Monument Hill, adjacent to the cricket green is a World War I war memorial. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
Railway When the London and Southampton Railway opened its station here in 1838, development of what was only a village began. Large houses were built on St George's Hill; and gradually Weybridge became a town. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (774x725, 288 KB) Summary Map of postcode area KT13 (Weybridge) created by me from OpenStreetMap data Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (774x725, 288 KB) Summary Map of postcode area KT13 (Weybridge) created by me from OpenStreetMap data Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Waterloo Station The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ...
Weybridge railway station serves the town of that name. ...
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 Weybridge Heath, showing scrub clearance area In Weybridge heath, many rare species of insects (particularly ants), rare birds and insectivorous plant formerly occurred. The heath was allowed to become vastly overgrown in recent years, but recently Surrey Wildlife Trust invoked a scrub clearance plan in an attempt to restore this valuable habitat. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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Weybridge Heath is a heath in Weybridge which used to contain many species of ants, rare birds and insectivorous plants. ...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera...
For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ...
For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ...
A pitcher plant in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau A carnivorous plant is a plant that derives some or most of its nutrients (but not energy) by trapping and consuming animals, especially insects. ...
The Surrey Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Surrey, England. ...
Weybridge is the UK headquarters of Toshiba Information Systems, Sony Corporation and Procter & Gamble. Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March 31, 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...
Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ...
Procter & Gamble Co. ...
In H. G. Wells' book The War of the Worlds, Weybridge was the location of a battle in which a Martian fighting machine was destroyed. The title of chapter 12 the book is: "What I saw in the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton". Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ...
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel (or novella) which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ...
A Martian is a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. ...
Two schools for 11-18-year-olds serve Weybridge, Heathside School and 6th Form Centre in the town itself and St George's College in nearby Addlestone. There is also Brooklands College, for sixth form students studying A levels. Heathside School is a comprehensive Technology College for students aged 11–18 situated in Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey. ...
St Georges College, Weybridge is an independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational day school in Surrey, England - actually based in Addlestone. ...
Addlestone is a town in the Runnymede Borough of Surrey, England. ...
Weybridge also has a variety of sports clubs including Elmbridge Canoe Club, Weybridge Bowls Club, Weybridge Rowing Club and Weybridge Cricket Club, all serving the area for many years. Addlestone & Weybridge Town F.C. was the main football club in Weybridge until becoming defunct in 1985, however there are several amateur teams in the local area. Weybridge Rowing Club is a rowing club situated in the Weybridge area with a variety of different ages and abilites of rowers from twelve upwards. ...
Addlestone & Weybridge Town F.C. was a football club based in England. ...
The Veterinary Laboratories Agency, an executive agency of DEFRA, has its central laboratories located near Weybridge. The laboratory is notable as being one of the principal test centres for the H5N1 virus, commonly known as Bird Flu. Veterinary Laboratories Agency The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is an Executive Agency of the UK government department the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defra). ...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities. ...
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as A(H5N1) or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species. ...
Notable people The entomologist, Horace Donisthorpe, visited Weybridge Heath to investigate the ant colony. Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ...
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For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ...
Brooklands race circuit The famous former Brooklands Aerodrome and Race Circuit is located near West Byfleet. It is now the location for the Brooklands Museum. The brainchild of Hugh Locke-King, it was opened on June 17, 1907 and was the first custom-built motor race circuit in the world. It was the first ever oval style race track built for cars. Requirements of speed and spectator visibility led to the track being built Fair use of an image from: www. ...
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Brooklands was a motor racing circuit built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. ...
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