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| District | Runnymede |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHERTSEY |
| Postcode district | KT16 |
| Dialling code | 019. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Twinning Runnymede is twinned with Bergisch Gladbach situated 10 miles east of Cologne Herndon Virginia, about 20 miles west of Washington D Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Kingston upon Thames postcode area, is a group of 24 postal districts in south west Greater London and north Surrey which are subdivisions The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United 32 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Runnymede and Weybridge |
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Chertsey is a town in Surrey, England, on the River Thames and its tributary rivers such as the River Bourne. There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Surrey Police is the Home Office police force of the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Temporary Chief Constable The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations The South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb is the NHS Ambulance Services Trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Runnymede and Weybridge is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the ceremonial county of Surrey, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. There are two rivers named Bourne in Surrey which join together at St George's College Weybridge. It can be accessed by road from junction 11 of the M25 London orbital motorway. To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It shares borders with Staines, Laleham, Shepperton, Addlestone, Woking, Thorpe and Egham. It lies within the Godley hundred, some 18 miles / 29 km southwest of central London. Godley was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. Egham, Thorpe, Chertsey and Chobham are all mentioned in London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
The town is served by Chertsey railway station. Chertsey railway station serves the town of Chertsey in the Runnymede District of Surrey, England. The theme park Thorpe Park is in the nearby village of Thorpe. Thorpe Park is a theme park located in Surrey, United Kingdom. Thorpe is a village in Surrey, England, located between Egham and Chertsey.
The altitude is generally low with an altitude of 14 m / 45 ft in the high street and 10 m / 35 ft on the river Thames where the restaurants Boat House and Kingfisher are; making it the lowest place in Chertsey. The highest point in Chertsey is up St. Annes hill in the forest, where it reaches a peak of 70 m / 230 ft.
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History
Chertsey is a town of historical importance hence giving the title of 'The historical town of Chertsey', having grown around Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 by Eorcenwald, Bishop of London. Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. Number of the Beast if you were looking for the Saint Erkenwald or Erconwald or Eorcenwald (died c 693 was Bishop of London in the Anglo-Saxon Christian Church between It is one of the oldest towns in England.
In the 9th century it was sacked by the Danes and refounded from Abingdon Abbey by King Edgar of England in 964. Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire Edgar I the Peaceful or the Peaceable (c 7 August 943&ndash8 July 975 1 964 was a year in the 10th century. Events By Place Asia Nicephorus II begins a campaign to recapture
Chertsey appears in Domesday Book as Certesi. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey It was held partly by Chertsey Abbey and partly by Richard Sturmid from the abbey. Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. Its domesday assets were: 5 hides; 1 mill and 1 forge at the hall, 20 ploughs, 200 acres of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to " Geld " or land tax in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries A grinding mill is a Unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces A forge is the workplace of a smith or a Blacksmith. A forge is sometimes referred to as a smithy. The plough ( American spelling plow; both plaʊ is a Tool used in Farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by Grass and other non- Woody plants. Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times It rendered £22. [2]
The Abbey grew to become one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in England, supported by large fiefs in the northwest corner of Sussex until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of The King took stone from the Abbey to construct his palace at Oatlands, and the villagers used stone for raising the streets. Oatlands is a village and small district near Weybridge in Surrey which has acquired its name from the Royal Tudor and Stuart Oatlands Palace, the By the late 17th century, only some outer walls of the Abbey remained. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar
Today the history of the abbey is reflected in local place names and the fishponds that still fill with water after heavy rain.
The eighteenth century Chertsey Bridge provides an important cross-river link, and Chertsey Lock is a short way above it on the opposite side. Chertsey Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England connecting Chertsey, Surrey to low-lying riverside meadows in Laleham, Middlesex Chertsey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the northern Middlesex bank near Chertsey (which is on the opposite side of the river in north-west
In the 18th century Chertsey Cricket Club was one of the strongest in the country. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Chertsey Cricket Club in Surrey is one of the oldest in England Chertsey Regatta has been held on the river for over 150 years. Chertsey in Shepperton Regatta is a Regatta on the River Thames in England which takes place on Dumsey Meadow near Chertsey, Surrey
The town now populates approximately 15. The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, road through railroad, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing 967
The Salesians
The Salesians, one of the three Catholic schools, have been located in Chertsey since the 1920s. The school also has a sixth form. The original site is in Highfield road and contains the boarding school where pupils once lived during term. The newer site is located in Guildford Road. It serves around 1. 200 pupils. The school plans to merge the two sites together in September 2008, along with a new timetable. It is still not clear whether the school will keep the original site.
Today
Chertsey has three Catholic Schools, a Catholic Church and a Catholic youth club. There is also an Anglican Church, a Community Church hall and a Jehova's Witnesses Hall.
Notable residents
Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness rock group, singer-songwriter Doug Walker and England cricketer Ashley Giles were born in Chertsey in the 1970s. Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, best The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band Doug Walker is the name of Doug Walker (musician, a musician Douglas Walker, a former Scottish sprinter Ashley Fraser Giles MBE (born 19 March 1973 in Chertsey, Surrey) is a retired English Cricketer Giles played the entirety of his 14-year Keith Moon, drummer with rock band The Who, lived in the town in that decade. Keith John Moon ( August 23, 1946 &ndash September 7, 1978) was the Drummer of the rock group The Who. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend [3] England and West Ham United footballer Robert Green was born in Chertsey in 1980. Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as
The final series of the TV Series Public Eye was filmed in and around Chertsey. For the film see The Public Eye (film (1992 Public Eye was a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 (7 series in total
Chertsey in literature
Chertsey was visited by Charles Dickens to make notes for Oliver Twist, and the poem "The Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" by Rosa Hartwick Thorpe was written in the town. Oliver Twist (1838 is Charles Dickens' second Novel. The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscellany as a serial
In H. G. Wells' book The War of the Worlds, Chertsey was destroyed by attacking Martian fighting-machines in the early afternoon of 8 June 1902. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by As an adjective the term "martian" is used to describe anything pertaining to the Planet Mars. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
Abraham Cowley, the 17th Century English poet, lived in Chertsey after his return from exile. Abraham Cowley (1618 &ndash 28 July 1667 English Poet, was born in the City of London late in 1618 The Abraham Cowley Mental Health Unit of St Peter's Hospital (UK), Chertsey, was named in his honour. This article is about the NHS hospital in Chertsey Surrey England
Chertsey also made a fleeting appearance in the 1964 classic First Men In The Moon with the old town hall playing the role of Dimchurch town hall. See also The First Men in the Moon, A Trip to the Moon, The First Men in the Moon (1919 film First Men in the Moon is a 1964
Chertsey Abbey is mentioned in William Shakespeares play, Richard III in Act 1, Scene 2.
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