Leatherhead
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | TQ1656 | ||
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| Residents | 11,316 (as of: Census 2011) | ||
| surface | 12.54 km² (4.84 mi² ) | ||
| Population density | 902 / km 2 | ||
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| Post town | LEATHERHEAD | ||
| ZIP code section | KT22 | ||
| prefix | 01372 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Surrey | ||
| District | Mole Valley | ||
| Website: molevalley.gov.uk | |||
Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley district in Surrey , England . It is located on the river Mole and was first mentioned in a document around 880 .
The symbol of the city is a swan with a sword, which is taken from the former Leatherhead coat of arms. Today you can find the swan on the coat of arms of the Mole Valley district and it is present in various places in the city, including as the logo of the local football club. The red sword symbolizes the connection between the city and London (whose coat of arms also shows a red sword) via Freemen's School in Ashtead .
geography
Leatherhead is located southwest of London in the northeast part of County Surrey . The place is at the end of the Mole Gap valley in the District Mole Valley, through which the mole flows . The Surrey Hills stretch south of Leatherhead. In the east and north, the town is bypassed by the M25 and A24 motorways, in the west the pier forms the border to the town of Fetchham on the other side .
Neighboring places
| Cobham | Oxshot | Chessington |
| Fetchham |
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Ashtead |
| Mickleham | Headley |
history
In Roman times, an old Roman road ran east of the city with Stane Street , but no settlement from this time is known.
Leatherhead itself is likely of Anglo-Saxon origin. The place was first mentioned in 880 as Leodridan : a place where people can ride across the river. The city itself can not be explicitly identified in the Domsday Book of 1086, but the name Leret is a reference to the city's church, which was owned by an "Osbern de Ow" (Eu). The Pachesham belonging to Leatherhead is also mentioned in the Domsday Book. Other names documented in the second half of the 12th century are Lereda , Ledreda and Leddrede . At first, the east side of the river Mole seems to have been used as a settlement, at least skeleton and grave finds indicate the existence of a cemetery.
In 1248 Heinrich III. Leatherhead is granted a weekly market right as well as an annual festival. In 1392 the city was hit by a major fire and was rebuilt afterwards. At that time, like many other medieval cities, the city also had a market house and warehouses. The Running Horse Pub , formerly known as Rummings House, can be dated back to 1402. In Victorian times the city was already known as Lether head , which has almost matched the current name.
A well-known resident of the city at the time was Edmund Tilney (1536-1610), Master of the Revels at the British royal court, who lived in Leatherhead's Mansion. A pub in the city is named after him, but is now owned by the Wetherspoon chain . Also near Leatherhead, at Thorncroft Manor just outside the city, lived Thomas Bloodworth , Mayor of London during the Great Fire of London in 1666.
On February 1, 1859, the short-lived Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Company opened the first train station in Leatherhead. The company was bought a little later by the London and South Western Railway . Another well-known resident of the city was the British-Canadian publisher and British Minister Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964), who spent more than 50 years on Cherkley Court near Leatherhead.
Leatherhead was an independent urban district until 1974 , but was integrated into the Mole Valley district as part of the regional reform by the Local Government Act 1972 , the main town of which is now Dorking - since then Leatherhead has no longer had its own administration. In 1986 the city was connected to the M25 motorway.
Residents
According to the 2011 Census, there were 11,316 residents in Leatherhead. Of the residents, 17.9% are children up to the age of 15, 10.1% are young adults between the ages of 16 and 24, 54.9% are between the ages of 25 and 64 and 16.9% are 65 and older. In terms of religion, the majority of 60.1% belong to Christianity , another 28% do not belong to any religion and the remaining population is divided into 1.6% Muslims , 1.3% Hindus and 1.7% other religions.
Culture and sights
Churches
There are several churches in the city.
The origins of the Anglican Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas date back to the late 11th century. It is listed on the National Heritage List for England with a rating of II *. The Church Of Our Lady & St Peter is the Catholic parish church of the town that opened in 1923. The All Saints Church is another Anglican church that was first mentioned in the 13th century. The Leatherhead Methodist Church opened as the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in 1893.
There are also other churches of smaller groups in Leatherhead: The "Mount Zion Chapel" of the Baptists , the "Christ Church" of the United Reformed Church , the "Light and Life Evangelical Church" of the "born again Christians" , the "Kingdom Hall" of the Jehovah's Witnesses , the "Disciples Church", which belongs to the Calvary Chapel , and the "King's Croft Chapel" of the Brethen Church .
Leatherhead Drama Festival
The city is namesake for and venue of the Leatherhead Drama Festival , which was launched in 2004 and whose patron is the actor Michael Caine . The festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and Caine's support has attracted widespread public interest in the festival and boosted the economy and culture of Leatherhead.
Museums and galleries
The Leatherhead Museum is the town's local history museum and is run by the Leatherhead & District Local History Society founded in 1946. Located in Hampton Cottage, a 17th century timber frame house, it covers the local history of Leatherheard and the surrounding towns. It can be visited free of charge on three days of the week.
There are also several galleries in the city : The “Fire & Iron Gallery” specializes in metalwork and jewelry and has permanent and special exhibitions. In the Studio Art House you can see contemporary art as far back as the 20th century.
Leatherhead Theater
The theater was first opened in 1951 as "The Leatherhead Theater" on High Street, but in 1969 it moved its location to Church Street and was now called "Thorndike Theater". The specially built house is a theater and cinema at the same time that shows everything from current films to music performances, operas and comedy evenings.
traffic
Public transport
Regular trains run from Leatherhead Station to Dorking , Guildford , Horsham , London Waterloo and London Victoria Station (via Sutton ).
Leatherhead is also served by eight different bus routes that ensure fine distribution.
Private transport
Leatherhead is on the M25 ring road around London and on the other side of the A24 which runs from London towards Worthing .
Sports
The Leatherhead Golf Club, founded in 1903, has an 18-hole golf course north of Leatherhead and has also hosted PGA events. Close to the Leatherhead Gold Club is the 6-hole golf course of the Pachesham Golf Center, which, unlike the Leatherhead Golf Club course, is also accessible to non-members.
Local football club Leatherhead FC will play in the Premier Division of the Isthmian League , England's seventh highest division, for the 2017/18 season . The greatest sporting success of the "Tanners", founded in 1807, was reaching the 4th round of the FA Cup , where they lost 3-2 to the then second division Leicester City after a 2-0 half-time lead. There is also a cricket club founded in 1850 in town.
The Leatherhead Leisure Center, operated on behalf of the Mole Valley District Council, offers its users a 25-meter swimming pool, a fitness center, squash fields, bowling alleys, soccer fields and sports halls.
Personalities
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- Edmund Tilney (1536–1610), Master of the Revels at the English royal court
- Thomas Bloodworth (1620–1682), Mayor of London
- John Wesley (1703–1791), founder of the Methodist movement , delivered his last sermon on February 23, 1791 at the age of 88 on Bull Hill.
- John Thomas Duckworth (1747–1817), Royal Navy officer, born in Leatherhead
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964), Canadian-British publisher and politician
- Marie Stopes (1880–1958), Scottish botanist and women's rights activist, lived in the city.
- Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), engineer, died at Leatherhead
- Donald Campbell (1921–1967), Bluebird K7 pilot and former world speed record holder, lived in Leatherhead
- John Campbell-Jones (1930–2020), racing car driver, born in Leatherhead
- Michael Caine (* 1933), lives in Leatherhead and is the patron of the Leatherhead Drama Festival
- Badri Patarkatsishvili (1955–2008), Georgian entrepreneur and oligarch, died in a country house in Leatherhead
Web links
- Leatherhead Tourism Website
- Leatherhead & District Local History Society
- Leatherhead Community Association
- The Leatherhead Residents' Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 Census town / village summary: Leatherhead. (PDF; 1.7 MB) (No longer available online.) Surrey public services, pp. 28–30 , archived from the original on August 28, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Coat of Arms & Town Twinning. Mole Valley District Council, August 7, 2017, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Leatherhead. In: Heraldry of the World. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ a b History. (No longer available online.) Disover Leatherhead, archived from the original on April 25, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b David James Smith: Only Fraud and Horses . 2015, ISBN 978-1-4834-3037-9 , pp. 433 (English).
- ^ Domesday Sudrie (Surrey). Archived from the original on July 15, 2007 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 (English).
- ^ Eilert Ekwall: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names . Clarendon Press , 1940, pp. 279 (English).
- ^ Reginald A. Smith: Recent and former discoveries at Hawks Hill . In: Surrey Archaeological Society (Ed.): Surrey Collections . tape 20 , 1907, ISBN 978-1-4834-3037-9 , pp. 433 (English).
- ↑ RVJ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations . Patrick Stephens Ltd, Yeovil 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1 , pp. 140 (English).
- ↑ M25 and A282. In: CBRD. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas. In: National Heritage List for England. Historic England , accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ^ A history of our parish & its church. Catholic Church of our Lady & St. Peter, Leatherhead, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Parishes: Leatherhead . In: HE Malden (Ed.): A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 . London 1911, p. 293-301 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed August 28, 2017]).
- ↑ About us. Disciple Church, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855. (PDF; 3.15 MB) pp. 1348-1366 , accessed on August 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ About us. Leatherhead Drama Festival, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Leatherhead & District Museum of Local History covering Ashtead, the Bookhams, Fetcham, as well as Leatherhead. (No longer available online.) Leatherhead Drama Festival, archived from the original on April 7, 2018 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Galleries. (No longer available online.) Discover Leatherhead, archived from the original on August 28, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Theater / Cinema. (No longer available online.) Discover Leatherhead, archived from the original on September 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Live departures leatherboard. National Rail Inquiries, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Dorking, Leatherhead, Epsom and Banstead bus timetables. Surrey County Council. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ About us. Leatherhead Golf Club, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Golf Course. Pachesham Gold Center, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Ricky George: Leatherhead return to the nation's lips. In: The Daily Telegraph . November 11, 2006, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Club History. Leatherhead Cricket Club, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Leatherhead Leisure Center. Mole Valley District Council, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c The People. (No longer available online.) Discover Leatherhead, archived from the original on April 25, 2017 ; accessed on December 10, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Not A Lot Of People Know That. (No longer available online.) Discover Leatherhead, archived from the original on April 25, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
