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WEYBRIDGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 567 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEYBRIDGE , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Chertsey See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England; 19 m. W.S.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (19o1) 5329. It lies in the See also:flat valley of the See also:river Wey, I m. above its junction with the See also:Thames. The river is locked up to See also:Godalming, and See also:navigation is assisted by cuts. Weybridge has grown in See also:modern times out of a See also:village into a residential See also:town. The See also:church of St See also:James is modern but contains numerous See also:ancient memorials, and one by See also:Sir F. See also:Chantrey for the duchess of See also:York (d. 182o), daughter of See also:Frederick See also:William II. of See also:Prussia, to whose memory there is also a See also:column on Weybridge See also:Green. The See also:summit of this column is that which formerly stood at Seven Dials, London. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:chapel of St See also:Charles See also:Borromeo was the See also:burial-See also:place of See also:Louis Philippe, ex-See also:king of the See also:French (d.

1850), who resided at See also:

Claremont in the neighbouring See also:parish of See also:Esher; his See also:queen and other members of his See also:family; but their bodies were subsequently removed to See also:Dreux in See also:Normandy. To the See also:east of Weybridge lies See also:Henry VIII.'s See also:park of Oatlands (see See also:WALTON-oN-THAMES). In 1907 the Brooklands racing track for motor-cars was opened near Weybridge. It has a See also:circuit of 2g M. See also:round the inner edge, and including the straight See also:finishing track is 3; m. in See also:total length; its maximum width is See also:loo ft., and at the curves it is banked up to a maximum height of 28 ft. 8 in.

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