ESHER

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ESHER , a township in the Epsom parliamentary division of Surrey, England, 141 m. S.W. of London by the London &

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

WcszJ , railway (Esher and Claremont station). It is pleasantly situated on rising ground above the river Mole, 3 M. from its junction with the Thames. To the north-west lie the grounds of Esher Place. Of the

mansion

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

founded by William of

Waynflete

WAYNFLETE, WILLIAM (1395-1486)

bishop

of Winchester (c. 1450), in which Cardinal Wolsey resided for three or four weeks after his sudden fall from power in 1529, only the gatehouse remains. It is known as Wolsey's Tower, but is apparently part of

Waynflete

WAYNFLETE, WILLIAM (1395-1486)

's foundation. A new

mansion

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

was erected in 1803. To the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

is Claremont Palace, built by the

great

GREAT

Lord

Clive

(1769) on the site of a mansion of Sir John Vanbrugh. In 1816 it was the residence of Princess Charlotte, wife of Prince (afterwards King)

Leopold

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

. She died here in 1817, and on the death of her husband in 1865 the property passed to the crown. Louis Philippe, ex-king of the French, resided here from 1848 until his death in 185o. In 1882 Claremont became the private property of Queer Victoria. Christ Church, Esher, contains fine memorials of King

Leopold

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

and others, and one of its three bells is said to have been brought from San Domingo by Sir Francis Drake. To the north near the railway station is Sandown Park, where important race meetings are held. Esher is included in the urban

district

DISTRICT

of Esher and The Dittons, of which Thames Ditton is a favourite riverside resort. The whole

district

DISTRICT

is largely residential. Pop. (1901) 9489.

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