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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sunbury on Thames like this: SUNBURY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands on the river Thames, and on the Thames Valley railway, 4¾ miles W of Kingston; was known, at Domesday, as Suneberie; gave the title ...
The river has a total course of about 216 miles, from its source to the North Foreland; it drains a basin of about 6,000 square miles; it has a height of 243 feet above sea-level at the influx of the Upper Colne, 190 feet at the influx of the Cherwell, 106 feet at Henley, 41 feet at Weybridge, and 4¼ feet at London bridge; it is navigated by ...
Occupation. Writer and editor. John Marius Wilson (c. 1805–1885) was a British writer and an editor, most notable for his gazetteers. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (published 1870–1872), was a substantial topographical dictionary in six volumes. It was a companion to his Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, published 1854–1857.
Sunbury-on-Thames, known locally as Sunbury, is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England, 13 mi (21 km) southwest of central London. [ n 1 ] Historically part of the county of Middlesex , in 1965 Sunbury and other surrounding towns were initially intended to form part of the newly created county of Greater London , but were instead transferred ...
The origins of the ancient village of Sunbury-on-Thames can be traced back to AD 962 when King Eadgar's Charter granted land to his kinsman AElfheh. The village is situated 3 miles from Hampton Court on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames. The Sunbury Millennium Embroidery, designed by John Stamp from an idea by David Brown, is a permanent ...
SUNBURY John Bartholomew: Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Marius Wilson: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). SUNEBERIE John Marius Wilson
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Sunbury-on-Thames (or commonly Sunbury) is a suburban town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred 13 mi (21 km) southwest of central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, in 1965 Sunbury and other surrounding towns were initially intended to form part of the newly created county of Greater London but were instead transferred to ...
