79-466: Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861 – 15 June 1923) was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge , the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College , Spring Grove, Isleworth , and was called to the bar in 1891. He gave up the law after the success of The Forest Lovers . From 1896 to 1901 he
158-525: A flash lock was installed at Sunbury , but was replaced by a pound lock in 1812. Shepperton Lock opened the following year. The construction of the locks regulated the flow of the river and increased its depth, facilitating navigation and maintaining an adequate head of water to power mills . The River Thames through Weybridge was further improved when the Desborough Cut was opened in 1935. The 100 ft wide (30 m) navigable channel bypasses
237-631: A silkworm house and a vineyard, and employed Inigo Jones to design an ornamental gateway from the Privy Garden to the Park. Work on site was supervised by Robert Stickells and the Keeper John Trevor . The gardener John Bonnall planted "new and rare fruits, flowers, herbs, and trees". The window of a silkworm house was decorated with the Queen's heraldry. Anne ordered a new garden wall to be rebuilt to make
316-500: A "Brass Wire Mill" in the 1760s and the machinery required for iron smelting had been fitted by 1769. A mill for grinding malt was built on the Wey upstream of Thames Lock in around 1819, but had fallen into disrepair by 1830. In 1842 a new mill for extracting vegetable oil from seeds was built on the same site and the Whittet's Ait mill was also being used for the same purpose by the 1930s. In
395-679: A 35-bed hospital in 1915 and, by 1917, a small operating theatre was in use and the facility was being run by the British Red Cross . Oatlands Park Hotel was requisitioned in 1916 as a hospital for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was primarily used to treat "medical & tuberculosis cases and limbless men". Ethel Locke King, the chair of the Chertsey branch of the Red Cross, was instrumental in establishing 15 hospitals in
474-521: A factory at the circuit in 1915 and aircraft manufacturing continued at the site until 1988. The first written records of a settlement at Weybridge date from the 7th century, when its name is given as Waigebrugge and Weibrugge . It appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Webrige and Webruge and in subsequent surviving documents as Waibrigge and Wabrigge (12th century) and Wybrugge and Weybrugge (13th century). The name simply means "Bridge over
553-608: A former course of the River Wey. The earliest evidence of human occupation in Weybridge is from the Bronze Age . A number of weapons, including socketed axe heads , a rapier , and a palstave , were retrieved from the River Wey close to the Wey Bridge in 1912. At least fifty cinerary urns dating from the same period were found in the area in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Three of
632-664: A grand reception for the Venetian ambassador Piero Contarini at Oatlands on 30 August 1618. He was welcomed and entertained by her Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Leicester , while they waited for the arrival of several noblewomen, including Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottingham and the Countess of Arundel . The Queen had planned a hunt, but it was rained off. At the end of the dinner there were sweetmeats, then they stood and toasted Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Frederick V . For such occasions,
711-485: A mill in the settlement. There are only sporadic surviving references to Weybridge in the following centuries. A chapel is mentioned in a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander III in 1176 and a later document shows that Chertsey Abbey had sold the advowson to Newark Priory by 1200. By 1262, the Priory had obtained a license that confirmed its rights to appoint a priest, to hold church property and to collect tithes from
790-522: A population of 8083. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. The unified council was merged with the Esher UDC to form Elmbridge Borough Council in 1974. The name "Weybridge" suggests that there has been a bridge over the River Wey in the area since Anglo-Saxon times. During the Elizabethan period , the bridge was a wooden structure, 240 ft (73 m) long and 5.25 ft (1.60 m) wide and
869-516: A seven-year period, and renewed the term in 1839. The arrival of the London and South Western Railway in 1838 made it possible for residents to commute daily to London. In 1846 the estate was broken up into lots for building development and sold at three public auctions in May, August and September of that year. Following a period of private ownership by James Watts Peppercorne, the house was adapted and operated as
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#1732859331197948-522: A slope and commands the most glorious view. Among its many beauties is a most remarkable grotto which cost £25 000 sterling, and which was 11 years in the building. It is very large and contains many diversions, inter alia actual water that flows in from various sides, a beautiful English garden, various entrances and exits, besides a most charming bath. The house burned down in 1794 but was quickly rebuilt in Strawberry Hill Gothic style. After
1027-468: A three-mile (5 km) meander and was primarily designed to increase the flood capacity of the river. Construction of the cut created the 45 ha (110-acre) Desborough Island, the entirety of which is in Weybridge. The London and Southampton Railway Company opened the station at Weybridge in May 1838. Initially the station had two platforms and was in a deep cutting between St George's Hill and Weybridge Heath. The typical journey time to London
1106-668: A woodgrain pattern in 1598. After priming the panelling with white lead paint, he painted imitation "flotherwoode", with gold and silver highlights on the mouldings, and arabesque patterns and paintwork of "markatree", perhaps resembling marquetry . Fryer used "sweet varnish" to finish his work, chosen for its scent. Prince Henry and Princess Elizabeth were in residence in August 1603. Prince Charles came from Dunfermline Palace to Oatlands in September 1604. The palace belonged to James I's wife Anne of Denmark from August 1611. She built
1185-468: Is 78 m (256 ft) above ordnance datum , but the low-lying areas close to the rivers are only 10–20 m (33–66 ft) above sea level. Neighbouring settlements include Shepperton to the north, Walton-on-Thames to the east, Wisley to the south and Addlestone to the west. The rock strata on which Weybridge sits were deposited in the Cenozoic . The Bagshot Sands are the main outcrop to
1264-606: Is also The Outlaw (based on Gisli's Saga ), A Lover's Tale (based on Kormak's Saga ), Frey and His Wife (based on Ogmund Dytt 's tale), and Gudred the Fair (based on the Greenland sagas ). Weybridge Weybridge ( / ˈ w eɪ b r ɪ dʒ / ) is a town in the Elmbridge district in Surrey , England, around 17 mi (27 km) southwest of central London. The settlement
1343-587: Is not thought to have been a significant Roman presence in Weybridge, but 68 bronze coins of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries were found at Brooklands in 1907. Much of the hoard , which included nummi from the reigns of Diocletian (284–305 CE), Maximian (286–305), Constantius I (305–306) and Galerius (305–311), was donated to the British Museum. There are three separate entries for Weybridge in Domesday Book. The first area of land described
1422-609: Is recorded as Waigebrugge and Weibrugge in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the River Wey , which flows into the River Thames to the north of the town centre. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Bronze Age . During the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods , Weybridge was held by Chertsey Abbey . In 2011 it had a population of 15,449. In the 1530s, Henry VIII constructed Oatlands Palace to
1501-494: The Earls of Portmore ; Oatlands Park, to the east, had been built on the former deer park belonging to Oatlands Palace and was purchased by Prince Frederick, the Duke of York and Albany , in 1790. Towards the end of the 18th century, Weybridge was beginning to expand beyond its medieval footprint. In 1800, Weybridge Heath , an area of common land to the south east of the village centre,
1580-529: The King was executed , the Commonwealth Government sold Oatlands and some other Royal residences to help pay Parliamentary debts. Robert Turbridge bought Oatlands Palace and its contents for about £4,000. He demolished it and sold the bricks to Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place . A single house – remote from the site of the palace itself and possibly originally functioning as a hunting lodge – survived
1659-504: The Old English word burh , which might reference the Iron Age earthworks on the hill. Weybridge is in northwest Surrey , approximately 17 mi (27 km) southwest of central London. The town centre is close to the confluence of the River Wey and the River Thames , but the settlement also includes St George's Hill and Brooklands , to the south. The highest point in Weybridge
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#17328593311971738-580: The vestry of the parish church. The Weybridge vestry oversaw the distribution of poor relief and the maintenance of local roads. In the 1840s, responsibility for poor relief was transferred to the Chertsey Board of Guardians of the Poor. Local drainage and highways boards were established in the 1860s and in the 1870s a burial board was created to purchase land for new cemeteries. The Local Government Act 1888 transferred many administrative responsibilities to
1817-446: The "French garden" wider. Her art collection at Oatlands included portraits of her Danish nephews, her courtiers Jean Drummond , Mary Middlemore , and Tom Durie . Her own portrait was painted by Paul van Somer , showing her with her horse, held by an African servant , hunting dogs around her feet, and the new gateway and the palace in the background. The queen's bed was "laced with parchment lace of gold and silver spaingled", and
1896-523: The 1970s, Whittet's Ait was the site of a solvent refinery. For much of the 20th century, Weybridge was a centre for the aerospace industry . The Lang Propeller Works was established on Whittet's Ait in 1913 and, in 1915, the Vickers company took over the Itala motor works at Brooklands. The circuit was also the base for several other aircraft manufacturers including Avro , Sopwith and Blériot . As of 2021,
1975-540: The Borough of Elmbridge was twinned with Rueil-Malmaison in northern France. Across the South East Region , 28% of homes were detached houses and 22.6% were apartments. Oatlands Palace Oatlands Palace is a former Tudor and Stuart royal palace which took the place of the former manor of the village of Oatlands near Weybridge , Surrey . Little remains of the original building, so excavations of
2054-579: The C company were stationed at Brooklands. The local civil defence headquarters were established at the UDC offices in Aberdeen House and the council built a large air raid shelter at the Churchfields Recreation Ground. Serious bombing began in the local area in August 1940 and by December of that year 97 residents had died and 1300 houses had been damaged. A devastating air raid took place on
2133-613: The Crown in 1788. In 1790, Oatlands was leased from the Crown by the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany , the second son of George III . His architect was Henry Holland . In November the following year Frederick and his brother the Prince of Wales hosted composer Joseph Haydn , who stayed for two days, played music for four hours each evening and recorded in his second London notebook: The little castle, 18 miles from London, lies on
2212-567: The Crown when he followed James II into exile. It was awarded to his brother, Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington , who was later the admiral in command of the English and Dutch Fleets at the Battle of Beachy Head . Arthur left the house to Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln , whose son Henry Clinton again enlarged it as well as laying out formal gardens. He abandoned it as his main residence when he inherited Clumber Park and sold Oatlands back to
2291-725: The European headquarters of Sony and the UK headquarters of Procter & Gamble are at Brooklands. At the start of the First World War, Weybridge became a training base for the 244 Motorised Transport Company, an army unit of mechanics and drivers operating as part of the 19th Divisional Supply Column . The company served throughout the war in the Gallipoli and Balkans campaigns . There were two military hospitals in Oatlands. Barnham Lodge opened as
2370-621: The Fair (based on the Greenland sagas ). Hewlett was parodied by Max Beerbohm in A Christmas Garland in the part titled "Fond Hearts Askew". Hewlett's brother Henry William Hewlett was also a published novelist, writing under the name William Hewlett. Maurice Hewlett died in London on 15 June 1923 at age 62. This list omits some significant works. He wrote six novels based on the Icelandic Family sagas , of which only The Light Heart and Thorgils of Treadholt are mentioned above. There
2449-451: The Iron Age, there was a fort on St George's Hill. It covered an area of around 14 acres (5.7 ha) and was protected by a rampart and ditch. Most traces of the fort were destroyed by housebuilding in the first half of the 20th century. Remains of a roundhouse and archaeological evidence of iron workings were discovered in the triangle of land between the railway lines in 1981. There
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2528-456: The River Wey". Oatlands is first recorded in 1383 as Otelands , which may indicate that the area was used for the cultivation of oats . The earliest written record of Brooklands is from 1548, when it appears as Brokeland . The name probably means "marshy land". St George's Hill appears to have acquired its current name in the early 17th century. It is recorded as Le Bery in 1337 and Oldebury in 1548. The previous name may derive from
2607-521: The Thames and Guildford . Thames Lock was rebuilt in concrete in the 1930s, but like all the locks on the Wey, it was originally turf sided. The earliest locks on the upper Thames were built in the 17th century, following the establishment of the Oxford-Burcot Commission . However, efforts to improve the stretch of the river through Weybridge did not start until the following century. In 1789,
2686-736: The VC series of aircraft with the VC1 Viking in 1945. The VC10 was launched in 1964, by which point the company had been nationalised as the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Increasingly BAC began to refocus manufacturing at Brooklands to the production of aircraft parts, with final assembly elsewhere. Components of the British-built Concordes were manufactured at the site in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1977, BAC merged with Hawker-Siddeley to form British Aerospace and
2765-629: The Vickers factory was Barnes Wallis , who was involved in designing the Wellesley and the Wellington bombers . The Hawker Aircraft company opened a factory at Brooklands in 1935 and began building prototypes of the Hurricane fighter . Aircraft manufacture intensified during the Second World War and new factories, warehouses and hangars were rapidly built, encroaching onto the racing circuit. The track
2844-538: The Vickers plant in September 1940, when 83 people were killed. A 500 lb (230 kg) bomb landed on the floor of the factory, but failed to explode. Five men of the Royal Canadian Engineers successfully removed the bomb from the building before it exploded. Lieutenant John Patton was subsequently awarded the George Cross for his role in the incident. Later in the war, 19 V-1 flying bombs landed in
2923-491: The Weybridge and Walton area. The town is in the parliamentary constituency of Runnymede and Weybridge and has been represented at Westminster since May 2019 by Conservative Ben Spencer . Between 1997 and 2019, the constituency was represented by Philip Hammond , who was elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Hammond of Runnymede in 2020. Councillors are elected to Surrey County Council every four years. The majority of
3002-530: The bedchamber was lined with panels of satin laced with coloured silks. Furnishing included painted and gilt Italian style chairs, and other seating was upholstered in red velvet with her initials. Despite this luxury, Anne of Denmark was sometimes bored or melancholy, and wrote to King James that she was "weary of Oatlands, of my mares, of my deer, of my dogs, and of my vineyard". The ambassador of Savoy, Antonio Scanese, Count of Scarnafes, arrived to visit Anne of Denmark at Oatlands on 3 October 1614. She provided
3081-519: The circuit from 1921 to 1928, and again in 1938. In the early 1930s, Malcolm Campbell developed the Campbell-Railton Blue Bird , his final land speed record car, at Brooklands. Racing ceased for a second time at the outbreak of the Second World War. Brooklands also played a key role in the development of the British aeronautical industry. In 1907, the aviation pioneer, A. V. Roe , performed
3160-511: The combined entity began to run down the Brooklands site. Aerospace manufacturing finally ceased in Weybridge in 1988. Although no mill is mentioned in the Weybridge entries in the Domesday book, watermills appear to have played an important role in the economy of the area since at least the early modern period . The earliest record of a mill in the town is from 1693, when a paper mill was built at
3239-449: The confluence of the Wey and Thames. Ironstone was quarried from Weybridge Heath and St George's Hill, although the dates of these workings are uncertain. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, iron was smelted at a mill on Whittet's Ait and there is reference to iron and steel manufacture taking place at two mills in Byfleet in 1760. The Whittet's Ait mill appears to have been used as
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3318-448: The death of the Duke's estranged wife Frederica in 1820, the whole property was sold. It was bought by Edward Hughes Ball Hughes in 1824 (although it was not until after the Duke's death in 1827 that the sale was finally concluded) and again remodelled in 1830. Hughes had tried to dispose of the estate by public auction in 1829 but this part did not sell. In 1832 he leased the mansion and adjoining parkland to Lord Francis Egerton for
3397-626: The demolition. After the Restoration , during the 1660s, it was the residence of the pro- Commonwealth William Boteler . He had served as one of the ten major-generals during the Rule of the Major-Generals (1656) and was noted as being harsh on Roman Catholics , Quakers and Cavaliers . The house was later occupied and extended by Sir Edward Herbert , the Lord Chief Justice. He forfeited it to
3476-413: The end of her anticipated pregnancy. Her previous residence, Hampton Court Palace , had housed the nursery staff that was assembled for the birth of the child. The announcement of the move to Oatlands (which was considerably smaller than Hampton) ended any hope at court of a happy outcome to the Queen's pregnancy. Elizabeth I employed her Sergeant Painter Leonard Fryer to decorate the long gallery with
3555-545: The end of the Second World War, the Weybridge and Walton UDC built over 1000 houses in the two towns. Brooklands, the first purpose-built motor-racing circuit in the world, opened in 1907. Constructed on farmland to the south of Weybridge, the concrete track was designed by Capel Lofft Holden and had a total length of 2.75 mi (4.43 km). The first races for motorcars took place in July 1907 and for motorcycles in February
3634-557: The final decades of the 19th century. St George's Hill was developed by W. G. Tarrant, who bought 936 acres (379 ha) of land from the Edgerton family in 1911. A year later he began the construction of the Tennis and Golf Clubs and published a series of promotions in the Surrey Herald to advertise the houses that he intended to build. Strict covenants were imposed on the development and
3713-462: The first flight by a British-built aeroplane at the circuit shortly after it opened in 1907. By 1912, several flying schools had been established at Brooklands and the Vickers company began manufacturing aircraft in 1915. The Sopwith Camel was among several aircraft developed at Brooklands during the First World War. Aircraft manufacture continued during the 1920s and 1930s. Among those working at
3792-563: The first woman in the UK to gain a pilot's licence. He settled at Broad Chalke , Wiltshire . His friends included Evelyn Underhill , and Ezra Pound , whom he met at the Poets' Club in London. He was also a friend of J. M. Barrie , who named one of the pirates in Peter Pan "Cecco" after Hewlett's son. Hewlett's 1900 novel The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay , about Richard the Lionheart ,
3871-481: The following year. Both attracted a large number of entrants from across Europe and by 1911, the British Automobile Racing Club had established a programme of regular race meetings. Motor racing ceased for the duration of the First World War and did not resume until 1920. The first two British Grands Prix took place at the circuit in 1926 and 1927 . The JCC 200 Mile race also took place at
3950-423: The house and the surrounding 900 acres (360 ha) to Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere , three years later. The remainder of the Oatlands estate was sold in stages between 1828 and 1846. Housebuilding began almost as soon as the land was released, stimulated in part by the opening of Weybridge railway station in 1838. The majority of the houses in Oatlands village were completed by 1859. Oatlands Park House
4029-541: The local area during the First World War. She also organised a rest station for troops at Weybridge railway station. In January 1918, Locke King became a Dame Commander of the British Empire. The presence of the Vickers aircraft factory made Weybridge an obvious target for enemy bombing during the Second World War. The defence of the town was coordinated by the 3rd Surrey Battalion of the Home Guard and five platoons of
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#17328593311974108-402: The local residents. In 1284 the village was held by Geoffrey de Lucy as a lesser tenant of Chertsey Abbey. Following the dissolution of the monasteries , Weybridge was held by the Rede family for three years, before passing to the Crown in 1537. In June of the same year, Henry VIII began to construct Oatlands Palace by expanding an existing late-medieval manor house located to the north of
4187-454: The mansion in the 18th century. The town began to expand beyond its medieval footprint in the early 19th century, catalysed by the initial breakup of the Oatlands House estate, the enclosure of Weybridge Heath and the opening of the railway station in 1838. The developer, W. G. Tarrant , was responsible for the construction of housing on St George's Hill in the first half of the 20th century. The world's first purpose-built racing circuit
4266-402: The minimum size of each property was fixed as one acre (0.40 ha). Construction was interrupted by the First World War, but resumed shortly afterwards, continuing until the start of the Great Depression in the late 1920s. The first council housing in the town was built by the Weybridge UDC between 1923 and 1927, when 160 houses were constructed on the Old Palace Gardens estate. Following
4345-416: The newly formed Surrey County Council and was followed by an 1894 Act that created the Weybridge Urban District Council (UDC). Initially the council met at the National school , but moved to Aberdeen House at the junction of High Street and Baker Street in 1908. As a result of the Local Government Act 1929 , the UDCs of Weybridge and Walton were combined in 1932. In 1951 the civil parish of Weybridge had
4424-418: The north of the town centre, which he intended to be the residence of his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves . He married Catherine Howard there in July 1540 and the palace remained a royal residence until the Civil War . The buildings were demolished in the early 1650s and a new mansion, Oatlands House, was constructed to the east of Weybridge later the same century. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany owned
4503-405: The palace remained a possession of the Crown until the Commonwealth , when the contents were sold and the buildings demolished. Only a side entrance gate and adjoining sections of walls, which date from c. 1545 , remain. Reforms during the Tudor period reduced the importance of manorial courts and the day-to-day administration of towns such as Weybridge became the responsibility of
4582-403: The palace took place in 1964 to rediscover its extent. The four-star Oatlands Park Hotel now occupies the site where the post-Commonwealth Oatlands mansion (Oatlands House) once stood. Within the core of the building are some surviving details for earlier stages of its existence. The former site of Oatlands Palace is down the hill towards the centre of Weybridge. This was once part of the lands of
4661-407: The same estate . Much of the foundation stone for the palace came from Chertsey Abbey , which was abandoned and fell into ruins after the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the Protestant Reformation in England. Henry VIII came to Oatlands on a progress in September 1514 and hunted stags on Chertsey Meads . He acquired the house in 1538, and rebuilt it for Anne of Cleves . The palace
4740-442: The south of the town and at Brooklands. From the centre of Weybridge northwards towards the Thames, the surface geology is dominated by river gravels. Overlying the Bagshot Sands at St George's Hill is a cap of Bracklesham Clay, which was used for brickmaking in the 19th century. Ironstone , containing 33-48% iron(III) oxide , is also found on the Hill, along with a capping of chert gravels, thought to have been deposited by
4819-499: The tester and ceeler. Henry VIII married Catherine Howard in the palace on 28 July 1540. Henry's subsequent wife, Catherine Parr , spent time at the Palace as well. Records of her writings include a letter sent from Oatlands to her brother, William, Lord Parr , shortly after her marriage to the King in July 1543. Henry VIII was less mobile in his later years and a special ramp was built for him at Oatlands so he could mount his hunting horses. Mary Tudor retreated to Oatlands after
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#17328593311974898-399: The town centre. Some of the stone used in the construction of the foundations was taken from the demolition of Chertsey Abbey. Henry had intended that the palace would become the residence of his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves , but the marriage was annulled after six months. The king married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard , at Oatlands, but rarely visited thereafter. Following Henry's death
4977-408: The town is in the "Weybridge" electoral division, but areas to the east of the centre are in the "Walton South and Oatlands" and "Hersham" electoral divisions. Weybridge is divided between three wards, each of which elect three councillors to Elmbridge Borough Council . The three wards are "Oatlands and Burwood Park", "Weybridge Riverside" and "Weybridge St George's Hill". Between 1966 and 2009,
5056-445: The under-keeper Ralph Dison borrowed furnishings from other palaces. Oatlands was one of the properties settled upon Henrietta Maria on her marriage to Charles I. She used it as a country retreat, installing part of her art collection on site, employing Ralph Grynder to make new furnishings and John Tradescant the elder to remake the gardens. In August 1637 it was rumoured she was sickening with consumption (tuberculosis, which
5135-467: The urns were recovered from a barrow during building work on the Silvermere estate (south of St George's Hill) and were found to contain bones and charcoal. A copper-alloy bucket, now held by the British Museum , was discovered during the construction of the Brooklands racetrack in 1907. It is thought to have originated in northern Italy in the late Bronze or early Iron Age and similar vessels have been found in Austria, Belgium and Germany. During
5214-405: Was enclosed . The Act of Inclosure enabled the Duke of York to purchase almost the whole of St George's Hill and to add it to the Oatlands Estate. Four years later, Hanger Hill, one of the roads running across the heath, was laid out and plots alongside it were sold for housebuilding . The Duke of York sold Oatlands Park in 1824, but the new owner, Edward Hughes Ball Hughes , was forced to lease
5293-419: Was Keeper of Lands, Revenues, Records and Enrolments, a government post as adviser on matters of medieval law. Hewlett married Hilda Beatrice Herbert on 3 January 1888 in St Peter's Church, Vauxhall , where her father was the incumbent vicar. The couple had two children, a daughter, Pia, and a son, Francis, but separated in 1914, partly due to Hilda's increasing interest in aviation. In 1911, Hilda had become
5372-458: Was a wharf at Weybridge used for shipment of timber and, in 1463, Thomas Warner was given permission to build a dock on his land, which became known as the "Crown Wharf". In 1537, materials for the construction of Oatlands Palace were transported to Weybridge by river. The River Wey Navigation was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1651. Twelve locks (including two flood locks) and 9 mi (14 km) of new cuts were constructed between
5451-658: Was a favourite novel of T. E. Lawrence . Lawrence said he had read The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay several times. Another of Hewlett's historical novels was The Queen's Quair (1904), about Mary, Queen of Scots . The Queen's Quair was cited as an influence by Ford Madox Ford , who said that The Queen's Quair "taught me a good deal". Hewlett also wrote six novels based on the Icelandic Family sagas , these include The Light Heart and Thorgils of Treadholt . Hewlett also wrote The Outlaw (based on Gisli's Saga ), A Lover's Tale (based on Kormak's Saga ), Frey and His Wife (based on Ogmund Dytt 's tale), and Gudred
5530-446: Was around an hour and, by 1841, a mail train was stopping daily. A junction was created to the west of the station in 1848, when the line to Chertsey was constructed. Additional tracks on the main line through the station were added in 1885 and 1902. The lines through the station were electrified in 1907, although steam locomotives continued to haul long-distance express services through Weybridge until 1967. The goods yard
5609-452: Was breached near Byfleet to improve access for deliveries to the site and a large workshop was cut into the concrete at the north end. Following the end of hostilities in 1945, the track was considered to be in such poor condition that a resumption of motor racing was ruled impossible. In the late 1940s and 1950s, the manufacturers based at Brooklands started to transition towards the production of civilian airliners . Vickers began producing
5688-435: Was built around three main adjoining quadrangular courtyards covering fourteen hectares and using an existing 15th-century moated manor house. A bed made for Anne of Cleves was described in an inventory of Oatlands: Queen Anne's bed" had curtains of crimson cloth of gold and cloth of silver decorated with borders of purple velvet on the seams. It featured 108 embroidered badges of Anne and Henry and their crowned arms on
5767-580: Was closed in 1964 and signal boxes in the local area were shut in March 1970, when control of the lines was transferred to Surbiton Panel Box. An arson attack in January 1987, resulted in the destruction of the 1904 station building. A manual telephone exchange opened in Weybridge in 1912 and was replaced in 1954 by an automated facility in Heath Road, which had sufficient capacity for 2500 lines. Although Weybridge
5846-552: Was constructed at Brooklands in 1907. The track hosted the first British Grand Prix in 1926 and was used by Malcolm Campbell to develop his final land speed record car, Campbell-Railton Blue Bird . Throughout the 20th century, Brooklands was an important location for the aerospace industry and aircraft developed and tested there included the Sopwith Camel , the Wellington bomber and the Hurricane fighter . Vickers established
5925-482: Was frequently fatal as penicillin was not yet discovered). At Oatlands she was drinking asses' (donkeys) milk as a remedy. In 1646 Oatlands was a temporary home of the infant Princess Henrietta of England , daughter of Charles I of England and later Duchess of Orleans, sister-in-law of Louis XIV . Her governess Lady Dalkeith smuggled her into France in the summer of 1646 during the English Civil War . After
6004-401: Was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux as tenant-in-chief and Herfrid of Throwley as lesser tenant . It included 16 acres (6.5 ha) of meadow and woodland for five swine with a value of £5 per annum. The other two entries list areas belonging to Chertsey Abbey , totalling a further 16 acres of meadow, land for four swine and ploughland for 1½ plough teams. None of the entries records a church or
6083-454: Was maintained by Elizabeth I in her capacity as lord of the manor. The structure was rebuilt in 1808 on 13 wooden arches. The present bridge dates from 1865 and is constructed from brick, iron and stone. A second bridge, downstream of the first, was completed in 1945 and now carries the A317. Both the Thames and the Wey have been used for transport since ancient times. By the 14th century, there
6162-585: Was sold to the developer W. G. Tarrant in 1909. The west side of Weybridge High Street was developed when the Portmore Park estate was broken up in 1880s. The estate, approximately covering the area between the High Street and the River Wey, had been established by Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk in the 1670s. It was purchased by the Locke King family in 1861, who sold the land for residential development in
6241-463: Was still only a small village in the early 18th century, a high proportion of the residents were members of the aristocracy. In 1724, the rector noted that it was increasingly becoming a place for "gentile retirement" and recorded eighteen upper-class families living in the area. The settlement was dominated by two estates: Portmore Park, to the north west of the centre, was the seat of the Colyear family,
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