In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Windlesham like this:
WINDLESHAM, a village and a parish in Chertsey district, Surrey. The village stands 2¾ miles SW of Sunningdale r. station, and 8 WSW of Chertsey; and has a post-office under Farnborough Station. The parish includes Bagshot village, part of Sunningdale chapelry, and a detached tract at Broomhall; lies contiguous to Aldershot camp; and contains a portion of the camp arrangements. ...
Acres, 5,874. Real property, £6,514. Pop. in 1851, 1,794; in 1861, 2,090. Houses, 425. W. Hall is the seat of W. Ashton, Esq.; Bagshot Park, of Sir J. Clark, Bart.; Hall Grove, of H. Dumbleton, Esq.; Earls Wood, of Lady Curey; Cedars, of Lady Elizabeth Thackeray; Hatton Hill House, of T. Andrews, Esq.; and Birch Hall, of J. B. Sharpe, Esq. Nursery grounds are at Hatton Hill; and much of the land is within Bagshot Heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £660.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1680, and altered and enlarged in 1838. A chapel of ease and a Baptist chapel are at Bagshot; and a national school, six alms houses, and charities £33 are at Windlesham.
Windlesham through time
Windlesham is now part of Surrey Heath district. Click here for graphs and data of how Surrey Heath has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Windlesham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Windlesham in Surrey Heath | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/825
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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