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38: 2292: 1022: 1015: 3126: 2528:, visited Leatherhead only once in his lifetime. On 23 February 1791, he preached his final sermon in a house on Bull Hill, one week before his death. Despite his visit, there appears to have been no significant Methodist community in the town until the mid-19th century, when a small group of worshipers began meeting in Bridge Street. The first purpose-built place of worship, the "Iron Chapel", so-named because it was primarily constructed of metal, was erected in 1887 on Church Road. The following year, the congregation numbered around 50, but grew rapidly to over 400 by 1891. Two years later, a new brick building, the present church, was constructed. The Iron Chapel, behind the new church, remained standing and was used for the 3184: 3344: 3195:, formerly owned by the Manor of Thorncroft. It most likely originated as a farmhouse and was built on the edge of one of the common fields. Although the earliest surviving records of the building date from 1527, the construction methods used suggest that it was built in the 13th or 14th century (most likely between 1320 and 1360). The western part of the building (now number 33) was constructed as a single-storey hall, but the height of the walls was later raised and an upper floor inserted. The larger eastern part (number 35) was built as two storeys from the outset. In the late medieval period, the rooms closest to the street were probably used as living quarters, but the northernmost third of the 1980: 1306: 1153: 3433: 2514: 2256: 1890: 1427: 3258: 2395: 483: 880:. Excavations of the manor house site (now known as The Mounts) in the mid-20th century provided evidence of several medieval buildings, including a hall, a chapel and a probable stable block. The value of the manor appears to have declined in the mid-14th century and, in 1386, it was let to William Wimbledon for an annual sum of £20. In 1393, one year after a serious fire had destroyed much of Leatherhead, Wimbledon defaulted on the rent and was accused of dismantling several of the manor buildings. From the start of the 15th century, the land was divided between twelve lessees and the manor then disappears from the historical record. 2895: 1314: 3212: 3229: 3091: 13789: 914: 13316: 54: 2933: 3249:

southernmost part of the building is the oldest and dates from the 15th century. It was probably constructed as a farmhouse and originally it had an open hall structure. In the late 16th century, it was extended to the north in two separate phases. At different points in its history, the building has been divided into up to four cottages, most likely to provide accommodation for farm labourers. Sweech House was donated to the Leatherhead Countryside Protection Society in the 1940s.

3137:, and was built to serve a new area of housing under construction to the north of the town centre. On opening, the church could accommodate 300 people, but was later extended with the addition of a lady chapel. By 1980, the congregation had dwindled and the building was in need of repair. A decision was taken to convert the nave of the church to a community space, while retaining the chancel as a place of worship. The dual-purpose facility was rededicated by the 2072: 12612: 12629: 12604: 12587: 61: 1489:, Company F of the 6th Battalion of South Eastern Command, was formed with 200 recruits in May 1940. The training centres for the company included the Drill Hall on Kingston Road and an anti-tank obstacle was installed at the east end of the High Street, close to the Leatherhead Institute. The Home Guard company was disbanded four years later, once the threat of invasion had passed. 2723:. The group performed at the Victoria Hall until 1922, when the venue was turned into a cinema. For the next seventeen years, the society used a number of venues in the local area, until the Crescent Cinema opened in 1939. Since 1970, the group has staged its summer performances at the Thorndike Theatre and the Leatherhead Theatre, with a brief hiatus between 1996 and 2002. 1290:. Among the research institutes formerly based in the town, Leatherhead Food Research was founded in 1919 and the Central Electricity Research Laboratories (CERL) opened in 1950. Both organisations left the town in the early 2000s. The Ronson and Goblin factories closed in the early 1980s and their sites were redeveloped, in the latter case for the UK headquarters of 3203:

modern period, Cradlers may have served as a tavern or hostelry and at different times in the 19th and 20th centuries, it housed a butchers, a fruiterers and a ladies' outfitters. As part of a renovation project carried out in the mid-1980s, the modern shopfronts were removed and the street-facing frontage was restored to its original position.

3299:. In 1949, The Mansion was subject to a compulsory purchase order and was acquired by Surrey County Council and Leatherhead UDC for use as a health clinic and the public library. During a refurbishment in 2000, the library was moved from the ground floor to the south range and the space released was repurposed for the Registry Office. 2458:. A major rebuilding of the church took place in the second half of the 19th century, during which much of the roof was replaced. Renovation works between 2018 and 2020, uncovered several vaults beneath the floor including one belonging to the Boulton Family who had lived at Thorncroft Manor in the 18th century. 3834:

The Thorndike Theatre was rebuilt from the former Crescent Cinema, which was originally constructed in 1939 and which was run by a local family until the 1960s. Although the exterior walls of the Crescent were retained, the interior, including the 526-seat auditorium and lobby, was built anew for the

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Givons Grove House was built in the late 1780s for Henry Boulton, the then leaseholder of Thorncroft Manor and the owner of the Pachesham estate. The house was later occupied for a short time by Sir William Altum, but remained in the ownership of the Boulton family until 1859. In 1865, it was sold to

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In 1949, the Ace Cinema was converted to a 300-seat theatre and a year later, the Leatherhead Theatre was established at the venue. The theatre operated until 1969, but as its popularity increased, its size became restrictive and there was a need for a new and better-equipped performing arts venue in

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By the mid-1930s, the focus of the school had changed from classroom-based learning to the teaching of practical skills in a workshop setting. During the Second World War, the building was requisitioned by King's College Hospital and, although part of the premises were returned to the school in 1946,

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during the war. The first wave of attacks took place from late 1940 until early 1941. During the first raid, early in the morning on 27 August 1940, 20 high-explosive bombs were dropped along the border with Ashtead. The clubhouse of the golf club suffered a direct hit, but the civilians taking cover

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named Leatherhead as having one of the worst High Streets in the country. Five years later, in 2007, the local press reported that the town was "bustling with people, and packed full with an abundance of shops, entertainment facilities and job opportunities." The revival in fortunes was attributed to

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in March 1982. In 2005, the nave of the church was converted to a Youth Project Café, known as "B Free", to be a space for young people to meet and socialise. In 2014, the Leatherhead Youth Project, launched a new social enterprise at the church called "AllSaints". The project supports disadvantaged

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Leatherhead Museum was opened in 1980 by the Leatherhead & District Local History Society. It houses a wide range of historical artefacts and permanent displays explain the history of the town from its origins to the present day. Hampton Cottage, the building in Church Street in which the museum

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The Leisure Centre was opened in 1975 by the Leatherhead Urban District Council and was extended in the 1980s with the addition of the Mole Barn. Plans to build a new centre on the site were drawn up by Mole Valley District Council prior to 2006, but instead the facility was given a 20-month, £12.6m

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in 1994 and, later in the same decade, began to transition away from offering residential education and towards providing community-based support. In the early 2000s, the main school building was sold and converted to apartments. It is now known as Lavender Court. The headquarters of the charity has

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The Givons Grove estate, to the south of the town, was developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Originally a constituent of Thorncroft Manor, it was an area of arable land, known as "Gibbons Farm", named after a prominent local family. In 1919, the estate was bought by the aircraft manufacturer,

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was not opened until 1867. The Kingston Road station, which had been laid out as a terminus, was closed and two new adjacent stations (either side of the present Station Approach) were opened. The LBSCR station, which was closer to the town centre, was initially the only one connected to the line to

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Leatherhead began to expand at the start of the 20th century and the population grew from in 4,694 in 1901 to 5,491 in 1911. New housing developments were built between 1900 and 1905 in Fairfield, Highlands and Kingston Roads, and Queen Anne's Garden. Later in the decade, houses were constructed in

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In contrast, the manor of Pachesham became fragmented as the Middle Ages progressed. By the time of the Domesday Book, it was already divided into two parts, the smaller of which was later referred to as "Pachenesham Parva". No written record of either part of the manor survives from the subsequent

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The Swan Hotel, first recorded in 1637, stood at the junction of the High Street and Church Street. Most stagecoaches stopped at the inn, which was described in a Directory in 1791 as "a very genteel house, with good accommodation, most excellent stabling and good post chaises with able horses for

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film in the town took place at the Leatherhead Institute in October 1898. The following year, a second screening took place at the Victoria Hall in the High Street, which had been built in 1890. By 1914, the Victoria Hall was renamed to become the Grand Theatre and was operating as a cinema with a

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in 1799 and, for the first 102 years of its existence, was based in London. In 1900, it purchased 15 acres of land in Leatherhead and construction of a new building, in Highlands Road, began the following year. The new school, capable of accommodating up to 250 students, opened in 1904. The school

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for children with learning needs. It was founded at West Hill, Epsom in 1960 and moved to Leatherhead three years later. Fox Grove School, a second school for pupils with special Education Needs, opened in September 2021 in Molesey. It is due to move to Leatherhead, to a site adjacent to West Hill

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The timber-framed Sweech House, on Gravel Hill, is one of the oldest buildings in Leatherhead. Its name is thought to derive from "switch", indicating that it stood close to a road junction. The land on which it stands may have belonged to the manor of Minchin during the late-medieval period. The

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Following the merger, the new club adopted Fetcham Grove as its home ground and, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, were champions of the Surrey County Senior League for four consecutive years. In 1969, the team won the Surrey County FA Senior Challenge Cup, the Senior Shield and the Intermediate

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The Leatherhead Town Band was founded in 1887. Its activities ceased during the First and Second World Wars and, on its reformation in 1947, it was known as the Bookham and District Silver Band. In 1974, it changed its name again to the Mole Valley Silver Band, to reflect the formation of the new

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The Leatherhead Institute was built in 1892. It was given to the town by Abraham Dixon, who wanted the building to be used to provide educational, social and recreational opportunities to local residents. During the Second World War, it housed the local Food and Fuel Offices. A major restoration

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is thought to have originally been built as the estate chapel for the manor of Thorncroft. Although it is not mentioned in Domesday book, the oldest parts date from around 1080 and it may have superseded the Anglo-Saxon minster as the parish church at the start of the 12th century. Shortly after

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in 1898 and moved to its current site in stages between 1918 and 1940. The school underwent a period of expansion in the late 1970s and 1980s, which included the purchase of pre-preparatory departments in Leatherhead, Ashtead and Epsom. In 2002, the school was sold by the Linford family (who had

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Although much of its original timber frame survives, Cradlers has been altered at several points in its history. In the 17th century, a chimney stack and internal staircase were added and the roof was rebuilt around the same time, probably reusing used timbers from other buildings. In the early

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invasion of Earth, the entire town (where the narrator has sent his wife for safety) is obliterated: "it had been destroyed, with every soul in it, by a Martian. He had swept it out of existence, as it seemed, without any provocation, as a boy might crush an ant-hill, in the mere wantonness of

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Leatherhead Community Hospital, on Poplar Road, was opened in 1940 and was built on land donated by Charles Leach. Initially it had 40 beds and came under the management of Epsom Hospital, although it had its own medical committee. By 1960, the hospital had expanded to 52 beds, but in 2014, the

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pub, at the east end of Leatherhead Bridge, is one of the oldest buildings in the town. It is a late-medieval open hall house and was part of the Manor of Thorncroft. Much of the timber frame is original and probably dates from the late 15th century, although the roof was later rebuilt. Later

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Surviving records of Pachenesham Parva from around 1330 suggest that it covered an area of 46 ha (114 acres) on the east bank of the River Mole, to the north west of the town centre. The manor appears to have remained intact through the Middle Ages and land was added to the estate as the

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in the mid-18th century and the arrival of the railways in the second half of the 19th century attracted newcomers and began to stimulate the local economy. Large-scale manufacturing industries arrived following the end of the First World War and companies with factories in the town included

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The proportion of households who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living

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continued to live on the site until the 1950s. A redevelopment took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which included converting the dormitories into apartments. Students were increasingly encouraged to take responsibility for their everyday living, with the aim of facilitating their

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Leach Grove Wood is a 2.9 ha (7.2-acre) area of woodland, adjacent to Leatherhead Hospital, owned by the NHS. It is named after Charles Leach, who donated the land on which the hospital is built, to the town. In 2013, a group of local residents applied to register the wood as a

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ornamentation. The building was enlarged with the addition of a rear wing in 1789, possibly designed by George Gwilt. The engineering firm, Howard Humphreys & Sons, purchased the house in 1971 and subsequently constructed additional office space, glazed with reflective glass.

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Cricket has been played at Leatherhead since at least 1840, when a match is recorded against a team from Dorking. The Leatherhead Cricket Club was founded in 1850 and initially played its home games at the Kingston Road recreation ground. It moved to Fetcham Grove in the 1930s.

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and their families. In 1925, 90 council houses were constructed in Kingston Road. Private residential developments also occurred around the same time, including the construction of the St Mary's Road estate, on the site of the former Elm Bank mansion, south of the town centre.

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took a jab at Leatherhead in series two, episode four. In one sketch, a librarian comments to a customer that she is "possibly one of the stupidest people I've ever met. And I lived in Leatherhead for six miserable years." The house that was used as the filming location for

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Leatherhead Trinity School opened in 2010, having been created by a merger of three existing schools. It traces its origins to the All Saints’ School, which opened in 1877 in Kingston Road. Trinity School is a primary school and educates children up to the age of eleven.

1279:. It continued to manufacture electrical goods, but under the new ownership, its operations expanded to include the assembly and packaging of mechanical equipment. The Remploy factory closed in 2007, with the loss of 43 jobs. The Ex-services Welfare Society, now known as 1029: 259: 2864:, in Native American costume says, "When moon high over prairie, when wolf howl over mountain, when mighty wind roar through Yellow Valley, we go Leatherhead Rep - block booking, upper circle - whole tribe get it on three and six each." The television sketch show 3174:

in 1985, the estate was owned by the Beaverbrook Foundation until 2011, when it was bought by a consortium of private investors. Despite considerable local opposition, the house was converted to a luxury hotel, spa and golf course, which opened in 2017.

2967:, drew the majority of its players from the Leatherhead Common area and was named after the Rose Coffee Rooms on Kingston Road; Leatherhead United was formed in 1924 and the following season were Division One Champions of the Sutton and District League. 980:–Dorking and east–west Epsom–Guildford roads. The original position of the ford is unclear, but it may have been around 90 m (100 yd) upstream of the present Leatherhead Bridge at a point where a continuation of Elm Road would meet the river. 2023:, it only had seven or eight beds and was supervised by a matron. It closed in 1902, having accrued a debt of £130. A replacement facility, the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital (QVMH), on Epsom Road, was opened in 1905. It was built on land donated by 1199:

The construction of the turnpikes, and later the railways, attracted wealthier residents to Leatherhead. Many of these incomers had accumulated their wealth as entrepreneurs in London and had no previous connection to the area. By the start of the

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was produced in February 1851 and was primarily used for street lighting, but was also supplied to some private houses. Until the railway was opened in 1859, coal was delivered by road from Epsom. In 1911, the Leatherhead company acquired that of

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An Anglo-Saxon settlement at Leatherhead was most likely founded on the east side of the River Mole in the second half of the 6th century. A burial ground, dating to the same period, has been identified on the west side at Hawks Hill. A second

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A controversial redevelopment of the road network in the town centre took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The project began with the demolition of the Prince of Wales pub in 1979 and the Swan Centre, a covered shopping centre with a

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The Ex-services Welfare Society purchased Long House on Ermin Way following the end of the First World War. The charity constructed a factory in the grounds to provide employment for disabled veterans, producing electrical items, such as

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The Park Gardens form the frontage to St Mary's Parish Church at the north end of Gimcrack Hill. The 0.52 ha (1.3-acre) site has been protected by the Fields in Trust charity since 2018. In the gardens, there is a memorial stone to

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was founded in Kingston Road in 1913 as the County Upper Mixed Senior School. It moved to Dilston Road in 1953 and was renamed in 1964 after John de Therfield, a former lord of the manor of Pachesham, who was awarded the land in 1205 by

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is a 23.3-hectare (58-acre) protected corridor that stretches along the banks for the river from Young Street (in the south) to Waterway Road (in the north). It was designated in 2005 for its diversity of plant and animal species.

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The Leatherhead Operatic Society was founded as the Leatherhead Pierrots in 1904. Two years later, the group was reformed as the Leatherhead & District Amateur Dramatics & Operatic Society and gave its first performance,

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The first railway to arrive in Leatherhead was built by the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Company. The line, which terminated at a station in Kingston Road, opened on 1 February 1859. Initially all trains were operated by the

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dated to 1250, which was witnessed by a "Simon of the Bridge". Later that century, in around 1286, a Peter Dryaw of Fetcham is recorded as mortgaging the annual rent of a house "at the bridge in the town of Ledderede" to

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for ten boys, which was probably held in the tower of the parish church. By 1712, the school had expanded to included eleven girls and, later that century, two bequests to fund the[salary of a schoolmaster are recorded.

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Hospital opened on Bull Hill. By March 1915 it had 33 beds and was fully occupied. It closed in February 1919. Elsewhere in the town, the Forty Foot recreation ground was used to grow wheat and Venthams, a local firm of

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to celebrate the society's 50th anniversary in 1978. In recent years, the LCS has typically given concerts in the summer and in early December, as well as participating in the Leith Hill Musical Festival around Easter.

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in 2016. The construction of the course was opposed by local residents and environmental campaigners, who mounted a series of legal challenges to the development. Construction of the clubhouse was completed in 2018.

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Leatherhead Police Station was on Kingston Road, to the north of the town centre. It closed in 2011. The building was demolished and retirement apartments were built on the site. In 2021, the local police force is

11703: 7452: 3382:, on Bull Hill, was built in 1935 as the offices of the Leatherhead Urban District Council (UDC). It was designed by the architects C. H. Rose and H. R. Gardner and was constructed of red brick. The original 7178: 1007:, a type of boat up to 16 metres (52 ft) in length, used to transport produce to market. Several schemes were proposed to make the Mole navigable in the 17th and 18th centuries, but none were enacted. 11271: 7319: 7397: 9941: 8560: 2274:

and moved to Leatherhead in 1872. Initially intended for the sons of poor clergymen, the school began to accept fee-paying pupils at the start of the 20th century. In 1989, girls were accepted into the

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St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School was founded in September 1947 and was initially located next to St Peter's Church in Garlands Road. The school's present site in Grange Road was opened in 1958.

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Concerns that the town's water supply might be poisoned by enemy spies, prompted the authorities to arrange a guard on the waterworks on Guildford Road. Many of the duties were undertaken by the local

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The precise nature of the contribution of the Venthams factory to the war effort is unclear and, owing to secrecy rules, there are only sporadic mentions of munitions manufacture in the local press.

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The Leatherhead Theatre was founded by Hazel Vincent Wallace and Michael Marriott as a permanent home for the Under Thirty Theatre Club, which had been established in London in 1948 by the actor,

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The Vestry was responsible for organising the local fire service in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The west door of the parish church was enlarged in 1759, in order to accommodate the town

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Following the end of the Second World War, new housing was constructed to the north of the town centre, along Cleeve, Kingston and Copthorne Roads, to replace properties damaged by bombing.

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in 1913. The estate was sold again in 1922 to the founders of the Golf Club, although not all of the land was required for the course and, in 1925, some land was released for housebuilding.

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in 880 AD. The first bridge across the Mole may have been constructed in around 1200 and this may have coincided with the expansion of the town and the enlargement of the parish church.

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in 1953. The charity's Independent Living Service is based at the site and provides residential care for up to 43 people with complex physical disabilities and learning disabilities.

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Cherkley Court was constructed in around 1870 for Abraham Dixon, a wealthy industrialist from the Midlands. It was substantially rebuilt after a fire in 1893 and was sold in 1910 to

2027:, who lived at Tyrells Wood. Initially it had 6 beds for adults and one cot for infants, but by 1928, it had expanded to 17 beds. The QVMH closed at the end of the Second World War. 2680:" is partly set near the town. During the story, Holmes and Watson travel to Leatherhead from Waterloo station by train. It was first published in 1892 and is one of 12 featured in 9624: 3367:. In total, 186 names are inscribed on stone tablets inside the cloister-like structure, of whom 117 died in the First World War. The memorial is protected by a Grade II listing. 4062: 1330:. In January 1983, the County Planning Officer admitted that the "complexity of present routes undoubtedly detracts from the appeal of the town to car-borne shoppers." In 2002, 10266: 10973: 7204: 2915:

and play areas. In July 2023, a report to the cabinet committee of Mole Valley District Council stated that 750,000 visits were made each year to Leatherhead Leisure Centre.

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and the water level therefore rises rapidly after heavy rainfall. Serious flooding events have taken place in Leatherhead in October 1891, September 1968 and December 2013.

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200 years, but in 1286 land belongong to Pachesham was recorded as passing to Eustace de Hacche. De Haache rebuilt the manor house in around 1293, which he enclosed with a

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Bocketts Farm covers an area of 52 ha (128 acres) to the southwest of the town. Formerly part of the manor of Thorncroft, it was subinfeudated around 1170. Both the

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remainder of Pachesham was broken up. By the early 17th century, the area was known as Randalls Farm and, in 1805, the associated land totalled 182 ha (450 acres).

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in-patient wards were closed to allow the improvement of outpatient services. The NHS has retained ownership of the hospital, but many services are now run by CSH, a

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and council offices. A map of the town from 1600 shows a house on the site, which may formerly have been the manor house for the manor of Minchin. During the late

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In 1838 a boys' school was established in Highlands Road by the then Vicar, Benjamin Chapman, and a girls' school followed a year later. The two institutions were

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was posted to Dorking and Leatherhead, and was responsible for completing the construction of Young Street between Givons Grove and Fetcham. The local unit of the

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Tyrells Wood house was built for the banker, Roger Cunliffe, in around 1880. The house and the surrounding 100 ha (250 acres) were bought by the politician,

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that he had founded in 1264. Merton College remained the lords of the manor until 1904 and the continuity of ownership ensured that an almost complete set of

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beneath it were fully protected and survived without injury. In October of the same year, the oil storage tanks next to the waterworks were set alight by an

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The war memorial in North Street was designed by Stock, Page and Stock, a London firm of architects and was dedicated in April 1921. It consists of a long,

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During the 19th century, local government reforms gradually removed the duties of running of the town's infrastructure and services from the vestry. The

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The Leatherhead Club was founded as the Surrey Golf Club, but adopted its present name in 1908. The 18-hole course was designed by the Scottish golfer,

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The Mole Gap through the North Downs had been identified as a potential railway corridor as early as the 1830s, but the line south from Leatherhead to

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The external appearance of The Mansion largely dates from 1739, when the house was rebuilt in red brick, although a partial remodelling took place

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Pachesham Golf Centre opened in 1989 as a nine-hole course, but was remodelled in 2014 to a six-hole course. The centre has a 28-bay, floodlit

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lands of the former minster. The church was probably a constructed from wood and, like other similar minsters, likely lost influence as Norman

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were billeted in late 1939 and a year later, the first Canadian soldiers began to arrive in the local area. From September 1939, children from

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was opened in Bridge Street in 1902. Initially it was capable of generating 75 kW of power, but by the time of its closure in 1941, its

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is preserved at the rear of the property. Wesley House was vacated by the UDC in 1983, when it became part of Mole Valley District Council.

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include ornamental ironwork at the King George V Memorial Park and at the junction between the High Street, North Street and Bridge Street.

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All Saints' Church on Kingston Road was consecrated in February 1889 as a daughter church to St Mary's. It was designed by the architect,

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and two pits were discovered in 2012 during building work on Garlands Road and the finds suggest that the site was also used in the early

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Bull AJ, Gossling F, Green JF, Haywood HA, Turner EA, Wooldridge SW (1934). "The River Mole: its physiography and superficial deposits".

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in April 1915. Later that year, the first of 63 Belgian refugees arrived in Leatherhead, remaining in the town until the end of the war.

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The Leatherhead Choral Society (LCS) was formed in 1907, but its early history is unclear. It was refounded in 1928 to take part in the

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opened a factory in Ermyn Way, close to the border with Ashtead parish and was replaced ten years later by the manufacturing plant for

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alterations include the insertion of the first floor in the 17th century and installation of interior panelling in the 18th century.

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in the town, a development of 59 houses in Poplar Road, was built by Leatherhead UDC in 1921. Preference for rehousing was given to

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Towards the end of the 20th century, manufacturing in Leatherhead had begun to decline and the town was instead starting to attract

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For the majority of its history, Thorncroft Manor appears to have remained as a single, intact entity, with the exception of the

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The tower was built in around 1500 and is set at an angle to the rest of the building, so that its east wall protrudes into the

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style and is the station that survives today. The LSWR built its station as a terminus, but its line was extended westwards to

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London's lost route to the sea: An historical account of the inland navigations which linked the Thames to the English Channel

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The medieval history of Leatherhead is complex, since the parish was divided into a number of manors. The town appears in the

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It is not clear to what extent the Mole was used for navigation in the past, but in the early Middle Ages, it is likely that

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churches. It was formed in 2007 and adopted its present name in 2012. It meets at the Woodlands School on Forty Foot Road.

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capacity of 550. Further name changes took place before 1946, around which time the venue became known as the Ace Cinema.

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Large-scale manufacturing in Leatherhead was short lived and, as the 20th century progressed, the town started to attract

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Hogg, I (2019). "Activity within the prehistoric landscape of the Surrey chalk downland, Cherkley Court, Leatherhead".

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At the start of the First World War, members of the 20th Battalion of the University and Public Schools Brigade of the

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The geology of the country around Reigate and Dorking : Explanation of one-inch geological sheet 286, new series

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From 1922 until the opening of Wesley House in 1935, the Leatherhead UDC offices were in Surrey House, Church Street.

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conducted the group in 1939 and LCS continued to perform during the Second World War. A musical work was composed by

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in 2006. In 2017, the school announced that it would build a new study centre to accommodate students studying for

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The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names : based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society

3684:(1890–1976), archaeologist and broadcaster, lived at "The Bothy", Downs Lane from September 1973 until his death. 2857: 2094: 1458:. The cottage hospital on Poplar Road opened in May 1940 and by June of that year was treating 78 members of the 1406:, which was affiliated with St Mary's Church. Many local men joined the Dorking and Leatherhead Battalion of the 1388: 233: 199: 8608: 3399:

The memorial gardens on Bull Hill, to the north of the town centre, were opened in 1936, following the death of

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are found at regular intervals along the boundary between them. Several settlements were established along this

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competitions. The Tanners achieved national press coverage in the 1974–75 season, when they were drawn against

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at the Town Bridge. The Mole, which passes to the west of the centre, has cut a steep-sided valley through the

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was almost completely destroyed by a bomb. During the second period of bombing, in the summer of 1944, 16

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A Medieval capital and its grain supply: agrarian production and distribution in the London region c.1300

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Amt, Emilie (2009). "Ela Longespee's roll of benefits: Piety and reciprocity in the thirteenth century".

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between June 1940 and May 1941. In October 1985, the town was joined to the UK motorway system when the

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Leatherhead developed at a crossing point of the River Mole at the intersection between the north–south

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local authority area. The band performs regularly in and around the towns of Leatherhead and Dorking.

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and its dependent parishes. It is described as a belonging to Ewell and being held by Osbern of Eu, a

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in 1755. Turnpikes to Guildford and Kingston were opened in 1758 and 1811 respectively and one of the

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Larger-scale industries arrived in Leatherhead in the first half of the 20th century. In 1928, the

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in March 2011. The upgraded centre includes a redesigned reception and entrance area, a new gym,

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in 1925 and the LSWR station was closed in 1927. In the late 1930s, a southward extension of the

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in around 1255. In 1266, they granted Thorncroft (which provided an income of £20 per year) to

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The shaping of a community : the rise and reformation of the English parish, c. 1400-1560

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The building at 33 and 35 High Street, commonly known as "Cradlers", is a late-medieval open

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and the highest point in the parish, at Leatherhead Downs, is 135 m (443 ft) above

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For much of its history, Leatherhead was primarily an agricultural settlement, with a weekly

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There are two recreation grounds in Leatherhead. The Fortyfoot ground contains a children's

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Beaverbrook golf course, to the south of Leatherhead, was designed by David McLay-Kidd and

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The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted to Leatherhead in 1248 by

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dates from the first half of the 14th century and this work may have been commissioned by

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Murad, Ahmed (26 December 2013). "50,000 homes without power as floods bring blackouts".

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hire." The Swan closed in 1936, was sold for development and was subsequently demolished.

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The earliest record of a school in Leatherhead is from 1596, when reference is made to a

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The Leatherhead pumping station was constructed in 1935 by the East Surrey Water Company.

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From the outbreak of war, the defence of Leatherhead was coordinated by the XII Corps of

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The origins and meaning of the name 'Leatherhead' are uncertain. Early spellings include

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Leatherhead has been mentioned in a number of films and television programmes. The film

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in a former village hall in the north of the town. Early demo pieces for, among others,

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replaced the day-to-day administration of towns such as Leatherhead in the hands of the

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Leatherhead, Surrey, from across the River Mole, with cattle watering in the foreground

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Copthorne, Clinton, Reigate and Woodville Roads, Kingston Avenue and St Nicholas Hill.

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The Mansion Gardens is a small formal garden between The Mansion and the River Mole.

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and the school became fully coeducational from 2012. Several parts of the school are

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in England, but in 2007, the local press described the town centre as "bustling".

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was installed at the ground in 2017–18, part-funded by a £20,000 donation by the

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for Leatherhead Bowling Club. The playground was upgraded in 2017 and includes a

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was constructed in 1923 and was partly financed by the newspaper proprietor, Sir

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The first hospital in Leatherhead was opened in Clinton Road in 1893. As a small

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factory were established in the town. Following the end of the Second World War,

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It has been suggested that the name "Mansion'" may be a corruption of 'Minchin'.

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in the grounds of Tyrells Wood House in 1922. The Club opened two years later.

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station was constructed alongside the first in 1935 and was later converted to

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every four years. The town is part of the 'Leatherhead and Fetcham East' ward.

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Leatherhead was again a garrison town in the Second World War. Troops from the

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were billeted with local residents. The recruits were primarily drawn from the

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The motorway achievement: Building the network in southern and eastern England

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owned it since its opening) to Asquith Court Schools Ltd and it was bought by

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Ettinger, Vivien; Jackson, Alan; Overell, Brian (1991). Jackson, Alan (ed.).

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was used as the filming location for the fictional "Leatherhead University".

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The church mentioned in Domesday Book is thought to have been an Anglo-Saxon

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were also garrisoned in the town in the month before their deployment to the

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for much of the year. In the late 13th century, Thorncroft Manor purchased a

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11,316 (2011 census) or 32,522 as to its Built-up Area which extends to

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Over the bridge: Memories of a Leatherhead lad from both sides of the bridge

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and were funded by a combination of local subscriptions and grants from the

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in 1911, at which point it became known as the Royal School for the Blind.

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area and underwent training at Randalls Farm. The Kensington Rifles of the

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The first public water supply in Leatherhead was created in 1884, when a

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in 2014 for £35,000. Other artists who have worked in the town include

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Over the bridge southern side: Memories and more from two Leatherheads

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and organising a basic fire service. Until 1834, it also administered

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of the parish church. The vestry was charged with appointing a parish

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The earliest evidence of human activity in Leatherhead comes from the

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Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Gerrard, Mike (30 August 1984). "Adventuring into an unknown world".

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transferred many administrative responsibilities to the newly formed

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Smith, R. A. (1907). "Recent and former discoveries at Hawks Hill".

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of 12 British service personnel of the First and Second World Wars.

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to Leatherhead and the Royal School for the Blind was taken over by

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a variety of community initiatives, including a new drama festival.

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