Sunbury-on-Thames
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Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 26 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 18,041 | ||
| surface | 7.6 km² (2.93 mi² ) | ||
| Population density: | 2374 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| Post town | SUNBURY-ON-THAMES | ||
| ZIP code section | TW16 | ||
| prefix | 01932 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Surrey | ||
| District | Spelthorns | ||
Sunbury-on-Thames , or Sunbury for short, is a city in the British county of Surrey . The place is in the Spelthorne district and belonged to Middlesex until 1965 . The Twickenham Bridge and Walton Bridge cross the here Thames .
The place belonging to the Archdiocese of Westminster is located on the M3 and was to be connected to the Central London Railway of the London Underground as early as 1913 .
The inventor Frederick Walton built a linoleum factory here in 1878, Lammas Ltd manufactured automobiles here between 1936 and 1938, the National Jazz and Blues Festival took place here in 1968, and today the diving outfitter Acergy is based here, as is the London Irish Rugby Football Club .
Personalities
- Eddie Calvert (1922–1978), trumpeter
- Diana Dors (1931–1984), actress
- Mal Evans (1935–1976), road manager
- Adam Faith (1940-2003), singer
- David Gilmour (born 1946), guitarist
- John Glen (born 1932), director
- Edward Hawke (1705–1781), Admiral
- Tom Jones (born 1940), singer
- Dickie Valentine (1929–1971), singer
- Frederick Walton (1834-1928), inventor
Web links
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