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Thursley

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Thursley is a village and civil parish in southwest Surrey, west of the A3 between Milford and Hindhead. [1]

48 relations: A3 road, Arts and Crafts movement, Bargate stone, Bath stone, Borough of Waverley, Brook, Surrey, Civil parish, Common land, Damselfly, Dartford warbler, Devil's Punch Bowl, Dragonfly, Eaves, Edwin Lutyens, Escarpment, Gingerbread (charity), Godalming, Greensand Ridge, Greensand Way, H. A. L. Fisher, Heat wave, Hindhead, Lettice Fisher, Margaret Louisa Woods, Mary Bennett, Milford, Surrey, Ministry of Transport, Monica Edwards, National nature reserve, New College, Oxford, Office for National Statistics, Old English, Peper Harow, Roger Stevens (diplomat), Royal Marines, Site of Special Scientific Interest, South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency), St Hilda's College, Oxford, Surrey, Thor, Thundersley, Thursley Common, Timber framing, United Kingdom census, 2011, University of Leeds, Unknown Sailor, Victorian era, Woodlark.

A3 road

The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road or London Road in sections, is a major road connecting London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield.

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Arts and Crafts movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s.

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Bargate stone

Bargate stone is a highly durable form of sandstone.

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Bath stone

Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate.

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Borough of Waverley

The Borough of Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England.

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Brook, Surrey

Brook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Witley in the Waverley district in south-west Surrey.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Common land

Common land is land owned collectively by a number of persons, or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.

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Damselfly

Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata.

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Dartford warbler

The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa.

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Devil's Punch Bowl

The Devil's Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre and beauty spot near Hindhead, Surrey, in England, and is the source of many stories about the area.

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Dragonfly

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "uneven" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing).

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Eaves

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively leveled areas having differing elevations.

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Gingerbread (charity)

Gingerbread is a registered charity supporting single parent families in England and Wales.

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Godalming

Godalming is a historic market town, civil parish and administrative centre of the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England, SSW of Guildford.

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Greensand Ridge

The Greensand Ridge is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east England.

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Greensand Way

The Greensand Way is a long distance path of in southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent.

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H. A. L. Fisher

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher H.A.L. Fisher: A History of Europe, Volume II: From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to 1935, Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1984, p. i. (21 March 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician.

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Heat wave

A heat wave is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries.

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Hindhead

Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England.

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Lettice Fisher

Lettice Fisher (14 June 1875 - 14 February 1956) was the founder of the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child, now known as Gingerbread.

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Margaret Louisa Woods

Margaret Louisa Woods (née Bradley; 20 November 1855 – 1 December 1945) was an English writer, known for novels and poetry.

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Mary Bennett

Mary Letitia Somerville Bennett (9 January 1913 – 1 November 2005) was a British academic, best known for her tenure as Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford between 1965 and 1980.

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Milford, Surrey

Milford is the civil parish and large village which is south west of Godalming in Surrey, England which was a small village in the early medieval period — it grew significantly after the building of the Portsmouth Direct Line which serves Godalming railway station and its own minor stop railway station.

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Ministry of Transport

A Ministry of Transport or Transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country.

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Monica Edwards

Monica Edwards (née Monica le Doux Newton; 8 November 1912 – 18 January 1998) was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels.

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National nature reserve

Nature reserves deemed to be of national importance, or controlled by a national-level body may be known as national nature reserves.

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New College, Oxford

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Peper Harow

Peper Harow is a rural village and civil parish in south-west Surrey close to the town of Godalming.

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Roger Stevens (diplomat)

Sir Roger Bentham Stevens, GCMG (8 June 1906 – 20 February 1980) was a British academic, diplomat and civil servant.

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Royal Marines

The Corps of Royal Marines (RM) is the amphibious light infantry of the Royal Navy.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

South West Surrey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.

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Thundersley

Thundersley is a district and an ecclesiastical parish based on a manor of early origin in the north of the Castle Point Borough, in southeast Essex, England.

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Thursley Common

Thursley Common is a heathland Site of Special Scientific Interest and national nature reserve in Surrey, England.

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a Russell Group university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Unknown Sailor

The Unknown Sailor was an anonymous seafarer murdered in September 1786 at Hindhead in Surrey, England.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Woodlark

The woodlark or wood lark (Lullula arborea) is the only extant species in the lark genus Lullula.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursley

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