Searching for "ESHER"

You searched for "ESHER" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, but the match we found was not what you wanted. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 12 possible matches we have found for you:

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    Unit Name Type of Unit Containing Unit (and Type)
    ESHER LG_Ward Parish-level Unit ESHER UD (Local Government District)
    It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:



  • If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "ESHER":
    Place name County Entry Source
    CHESSINGTON Surrey Esher and Claremont r. station, and 3¾ S of Kingston-on-Thames. Post town, Kingston-on-Thames. Acres, 1, 229. Real Imperial
    CLAREMONT Surrey Esher parish, Surrey; near the river Mole and the South Western railway, 4 ½ miles S w of Kingston. A house Imperial
    Claremont Park Surrey Esher and Claremont), Esher par., W. Surrey, 14½ miles SW. of London. In the reign of Queen Anne the estate Bartholomew
    CLAYGATE, or Cleygate Surrey Esher r. . station, and 4¾ SSW of Kingston. It has a post office under Esher. Real property, £4, 197. Pop., 535. Houses Imperial
    Esher Surrey Esher , par. and vil. (ry. sta. Esher and Claremont), W. Surrey, 14½ miles SW. of London, 2094 ac. (50 water Bartholomew
    ESHER Surrey ESHER , a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Kingston district, Surrey. The village stands on high ground, adjacent Imperial
    HERSHAM, or HEVERSHAM Surrey Esher. The chapelry was constituted in 1851. Rated property, £6, 000. Pop., 1, 766. Houses, 317. The chief landowners Imperial
    KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES Surrey Esher, containing the parishes of Esher, East Moulsey, West Moulsey, Long Ditton, and ThamesDitton; and the sub-district of Hampton Imperial
    Mole Sussex flows NW. past Dorking, Leatherhead, Cobham, and Esher, to the Thames at East Moulsey, opposite Hampton Court; is 30 miles long. Bartholomew
    MOLE (THE) Surrey Esher, to the Thames opposite Hampton-Court. Its length of course is about 30 miles. Milton calls it the "sullen Imperial
    Sandown Park Surrey Sandown Park , near Esher sta., Surrey; is a fashionable race-ground covering 150 ac. Bartholomew
    It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:



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