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Windlesham is a geographically-large village in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south west of central London. Its name derives from the Windle Brook , which runs south of the village into Chobham , and the common suffix 'ham', the Old English word for 'homestead'.
Jun 12, 2021 · Windlesham Manor, which is currently used as a care home, is an Edwardian house that is the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the Sherlock Homes series.
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In the 13th century it was likely that Windlesham was occupied only along the Windle Brook and may not have had a name. This is probably the earliest evidence we have that Windlesham was owned by the King.
Oct 17, 2019 · Windlesham is a village in Surrey. Its name derives from the Windle Brook which runs south of the village into Chobham and the common suffix ‘ham’, the Old English word for ‘homestead’. The village has a thriving community in a rather remote location ironically next to the M3 and A30.
Windlesham is a village in north-western Surrey. Its name derives from the Windle Brook which runs south of the village. Windlesham was once, as most of the surrounding area was also, part of Windsor Great Park and in its beginnings, a farming village.
Its name derives from the Windle Brook which runs south of the village – the Windle part - and 'ham', the Old English word for 'homestead'. Windlesham was once, as most of the surrounding area was, part of Windsor Great Park and in its beginnings, a farming village.
3 days ago · The manor of WINDLESHAM (Winlesham, xiii cent.; Winsham, xvii cent.) belonged in the Middle Ages to the small convent of Broomhall in Berkshire. Land in Bagshot was granted to the Prioress of Broomhall by Henry III in 1228. But Windlesham appears among the manors granted to Westminster by Edward the Confessor in his foundation charter. It was ...
