The settlement appears in the Domesday Book as Blachingelei. It was held by Richard de Tonebrige. Its Domesday Assets were: 3 hides; 14 ploughs, 17 acres (69,000m2) of meadow, woodland worth 58 hogs. Also 7 houses in London and Southwark. It rendered (in total): £15 13s 4d.
In 1225 there is mention of Bletchingley as a borough. In the Middle Ages a borough was created by either the King or a Lord as a potentially profitable element in the development of their estates.
It appears that after the 14th century Bletchingley began to lose its importance as a borough, perhaps losing out to the market town of Reigate. The village retained its status as a parliamentary borough and elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons. By the time of the Industrial revolution, it had become a rotten borough. Parliamentary elections were held from 1733 in what is now the White Hart inn: a book in 1844 notes this and that 8 to 10 people voted, as well as a sale of the manor for a very disproportionate sum of £60,000 in 1816.
Bletchingley was one of the original boroughs enfranchised in the Model Parliament, and kept its status until the Reform Act. The borough consisted of the former market town of Bletchingley in Surrey, which by the 19th century had shrunk to a village. In 1831, the population of the borough was 513, and contained only 85 houses. It was a burgage borough, the right to vote being exercised by the owners or resident tenants of the 130 "burgage tenements" - no doubt at some point in history these were simply the inhabited houses of the town, but it was already an artificial franchise by the time it was disputed before the House of Commons in 1624, when it was settled that Bletchingley's burgage holders should keep the vote as they had "time out of mind"; by the 19th century of course, with more burgages in the borough than houses, the notion of its being a residential franchise was no more than a legal fiction.
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00:04:53 2 Settlements
00:06:35 3 History
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00:08:25 3.2 Formation of Surrey
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00:12:05 3.3 West Saxon and English shire
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00:24:53 3.5 Early Modern Surrey
00:32:07 3.6 Modern history
00:39:38 4 Historic architecture and monuments
00:42:33 5 Literature
00:46:48 6 Arts and sciences
00:49:15 7 Popular music
00:51:01 8 Sport
00:54:49 8.1 Surrey football clubs
00:55:53 9 Local government
00:56:03 9.1 History
00:59:35 9.2 Today
01:00:08 10 Economy
01:01:23 11 Transport
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01:04:15 11.2 Rail
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey
00:02:15 1 Geography
00:04:53 2 Settlements
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This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey
00:02:15 1 Geography
00:04:53 2 Settlements
00:06:35 3 History
00:06:44 3.1 Ancient British and Roman periods
00:08:25 3.2 Formation of Surrey
00:11:41 3.2.1 Identified sub-kings of Surrey
00:12:05 3.3 West Saxon and English shire
00:16:53 3.3.1 Identified iealdormen/i of Surrey
00:17:17 3.4 Later Medieval Surrey
00:24:53 3.5 Early Modern Surrey
00:32:07 3.6 Modern history
00:39:38 4 Historic architecture and monuments
00:42:33 5 Literature
00:46:48 6 Arts and sciences
00:49:15 7 Popular music
00:51:01 8 Sport
00:54:49 8.1 Surrey football clubs
00:55:53 9 Local government
00:56:03 9.1 History
00:59:35 9.2 Today
01:00:08 10 Economy
01:01:23 11 Transport
01:01:32 11.1 Road
01:04:15 11.2 Rail
01:09:25 11.3 Long-distance national services
01:10:07 11.4 Air
01:10:51 12 Education
01:11:59 12.1 Higher education
01:12:26 13 Emergency services
01:12:43 14 Places of interest
01:15:19 15 In popular culture
01:18:29 16 See also
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Surrey ( SURR-ee) is a county in South East England which borders Kent to the east, West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the north-west, and Greater London to the north-east.
With about 1.2 million people, Surrey is the twelfth most populous English county, the third most populous home county, after Kent and Essex, and the third most populous in the South East, after Hampshire and Kent.
Guildford is popularly regarded as the county town, although Surrey County Council is based extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames.
Surrey is divided into eleven districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, and Woking.
The London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, and parts of Lewisham and Bromley were in Surrey until 1889, as were Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and the part of Richmond upon Thames on the right bank of the River Thames until 1965, when they were absorbed into Greater London, and the county extended north of the Thames by the addition of Spelthorne, as a result of the dissolution of Middlesex.
Surrey is a wealthy county due to economic, aesthetic, conservation and logistical factors. It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county, some of the highest property values outside Inner London, and also the highest cost of living outside of the capital.
Surrey has the highest proportion of woodland of counties in England. It has large protected green spaces (such as the North Downs, Greensand Ridge and related Surrey Hills AONB and royal landscapes adjoin it — Windsor Great Park and Bushy Park near the River Thames). It has four horse racing courses, and golf courses including international competition venue Wentworth.
Surrey is close to Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the M25, M3 and M23 motorways and has frequent rail services to central London.
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00:02:15 1 Geography
00:04:53 2 Settlements
00:06:35 3 History
00:06:44 3.1 Ancient British and Roman periods
00:08:25 3.2 Formation of Surrey
00:11:41 3.2.1 Identified sub-kings of Surrey
00:12:05 3.3 West Saxon and English shire
00:16:53 3.3.1 Identified iealdormen/i of Surrey
00:17:17 3.4 Later Medieval Surrey
00:24:53 3.5 Early Modern Surrey
00:32:07 3.6 Modern history
00:39:38 4 Historic architecture and monuments
00:42:33 5 Literature
00:46:48 6 Arts and sciences
00:49:15 7 Popular music
00:51:01 8 Sport
00:54:49 8.1 Surrey football clubs
00:55:53 9 Local government
00:56:03 9.1 History
00:59:35 9.2 Today
01:00:08 10 Economy
01:01:23 11 Transport
01:01:32 11.1 Road
01:04:15 11.2 Rail
01:09:25 11.3 Long-distance national services
01:10:07 11.4 Air
01:10:51 12 Education
01:11:59 12.1 Higher education
01:12:26 13 Emergency services
01:12:43 14 Places of interest
01:15:19 15 In popular culture
01:18:29 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Surrey ( SURR-ee) is a county in South East England which borders Kent to the east, West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the north-west, and Greater London to the north-east.
With about 1.2 million people, Surrey is the twelfth most populous English county, the third most populous home county, after Kent and Essex, and the third most populous in the South East, after Hampshire and Kent.
Guildford is popularly regarded as the county town, although Surrey County Council is based extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames.
Surrey is divided into eleven districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, and Woking.
The London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, and parts of Lewisham and Bromley were in Surrey until 1889, as were Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and the part of Richmond upon Thames on the right bank of the River Thames until 1965, when they were absorbed into Greater London, and the county extended north of the Thames by the addition of Spelthorne, as a result of the dissolution of Middlesex.
Surrey is a wealthy county due to economic, aesthetic, conservation and logistical factors. It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county, some of the highest property values outside Inner London, and also the highest cost of living outside of the capital.
Surrey has the highest proportion of woodland of counties in England. It has large protected green spaces (such as the North Downs, Greensand Ridge and related Surrey Hills AONB and royal landscapes adjoin it — Windsor Great Park and Bushy Park near the River Thames). It has four horse racing courses, and golf courses including international competition venue Wentworth.
Surrey is close to Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the M25, M3 and M23 motorways and has frequent rail services to central London.
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey
00:02:15 1 Geography
00:04:53 2 Settlements
00:06:35 3 History
00:06:44 3.1 Ancient British and Roman periods
00:08:25 3.2 Formation of Surrey
00:11:41 3.2.1 Identified sub-kings of Surrey
00:12:05 3.3 West Saxon and English shire
00:16:53 3.3.1 Identified iealdormen/i of Surrey
00:17:17 3.4 Later Medieval Surrey
00:24:53 3.5 Early Modern Surrey
00:32:07 3.6 Modern history
00:39:38 4 Historic architecture and monuments
00:42:33 5 Literature
00:46:48 6 Arts and sciences
00:49:15 7 Popular music
00:51:01 8 Sport
00:54:49 8.1 Surrey football clubs
00:55:53 9 Local government
00:56:03 9.1 History
00:59:35 9.2 Today
01:00:08 10 Economy
01:01:23 11 Transport
01:01:32 11.1 Road
01:04:15 11.2 Rail
01:09:25 11.3 Long-distance national services
01:10:07 11.4 Air
01:10:51 12 Education
01:11:59 12.1 Higher education
01:12:26 13 Emergency services
01:12:43 14 Places of interest
01:15:19 15 In popular culture
01:18:29 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Speaking Rate: 0.9384968373404474
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"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Surrey ( SURR-ee) is a county in South East England which borders Kent to the east, West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the north-west, and Greater London to the north-east.
With about 1.2 million people, Surrey is the twelfth most populous English county, the third most populous home county, after Kent and Essex, and the third most populous in the South East, after Hampshire and Kent.
Guildford is popularly regarded as the county town, although Surrey County Council is based extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames.
Surrey is divided into eleven districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, and Woking.
The London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, and parts of Lewisham and Bromley were in Surrey until 1889, as were Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and the part of Richmond upon Thames on the right bank of the River Thames until 1965, when they were absorbed into Greater London, and the county extended north of the Thames by the addition of Spelthorne, as a result of the dissolution of Middlesex.
Surrey is a wealthy county due to economic, aesthetic, conservation and logistical factors. It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county, some of the highest property values outside Inner London, and also the highest cost of living outside of the capital.
Surrey has the highest proportion of woodland of counties in England. It has large protected green spaces (such as the North Downs, Greensand Ridge and related Surrey Hills AONB and royal landscapes adjoin it — Windsor Great Park and Bushy Park near the River Thames). It has four horse racing courses, and golf courses including international competition venue Wentworth.
Surrey is close to Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the M25, M3 and M23 motorways and has frequent rail services to central London.
The settlement appears in the Domesday Book as Blachingelei. It was held by Richard de Tonebrige. Its Domesday Assets were: 3 hides; 14 ploughs, 17 acres (69,000m2) of meadow, woodland worth 58 hogs. Also 7 houses in London and Southwark. It rendered (in total): £15 13s 4d.
In 1225 there is mention of Bletchingley as a borough. In the Middle Ages a borough was created by either the King or a Lord as a potentially profitable element in the development of their estates.
It appears that after the 14th century Bletchingley began to lose its importance as a borough, perhaps losing out to the market town of Reigate. The village retained its status as a parliamentary borough and elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons. By the time of the Industrial revolution, it had become a rotten borough. Parliamentary elections were held from 1733 in what is now the White Hart inn: a book in 1844 notes this and that 8 to 10 people voted, as well as a sale of the manor for a very disproportionate sum of £60,000 in 1816.