| Gomshall | |
  Gomshall shown within Surrey |
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| Population | <3,000 |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode district | GU5 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Mole Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
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Gomshall is part of Shere civil parish. See also Sheer, Shear, Sher and Shia. Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. [2]
The River Tillingbourne runs through Gomshall and there is Gomshall railway station. The river is sometimes called the Tilling Bourne The River Tillingbourne runs along the south side of the North Downs joining the River Gomshall railway station serves the village of Gomshall in Surrey, England.
History
The Manor of Gumesele was a Saxon feudal landholding which originally included the present day Gomshall. [3]
Gomshall appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Gomeselle. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey It was held by William the Conqueror. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Its domesday assets were: 1 mill worth 3s 4d, 20 ploughs, 3 acres of meadow, woodland worth 30 hogs. A grinding mill is a Unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces 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 £30. [4]
In 1154, Henry II of England divided the Manor of Gumesele into three: West Gomshall, East Gomshall and Somersbury. In 1240, West Gomshall was granted to the Cistercian Abbey of Netley in Hampshire and became known as Gomshall Netley. Netley, sometimes called Netley Abbey, is a Village on the south coast of Hampshire, England, situated close to the city of Southampton Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain East Gomshall was granted to the Abbey of St Mary Graces, Tower Hill, London in 1376 and became known as Gomshall Towerhill. Tower Hill is an elevated spot north-west of the Tower of London, just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
For the 1380 Poll Tax, Gomshall had 267 names registered. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a Tax of a uniform fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income The occupations written beside the names show land-holders and the usual country crafts but also a high proportion of skills relating to the wool trade; there were spinners and weavers, fullers and pelterers and many tailors. Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic Fibers are twisted together to form Yarn (or thread A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them At this time one of the Gomshall manors was held by the Abbey of Netley near Southampton. Netley, sometimes called Netley Abbey, is a Village on the south coast of Hampshire, England, situated close to the city of Southampton Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England [5]
Local industries developed which were based on the plentiful and constant water supply of the River Tillingbourne. Those which survived into the 20th century, but are now gone, were corn milling, watercress growing and leather tanning. Watercresses ( Nasturtium officinale, N microphyllum; formerly Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, R Tanning is the process of converting Putrescible skin into non-putrescible Leather, usually with Tannin, an Acidic Chemical compound Gomshall Mill was the corn mill. Netley Mill pumped water for the Hurtwood Water Company for part of its existence.
References
- ^ Census data
- ^ Shere parish council
- ^ Ewhurst History Society
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book
- ^ History report
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