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unusual facts about Oak Hall, Haslemere



Alfred Hugh Harman

The new parish of Grayswood was formed from parts of the old parishes of Witley, Chiddingfold, Haslemere and Thursley in 1901.

Busbridge

Among these was Philip Carteret Webb, FRS, born 1700, solicitor to the Treasury 1756–65, M.P. for Haslemere 1754–67.

Frederick Pepys Cockerell

This was soon followed by the planning and erecting of Down Hall, Essex ; Lythe Hill, Haslemere, Surrey ; and Crawley Court, near Winchester.

Haslemere

James Cholmeley Russell (1841–1912), a barrister, financier, property developer and railway entrepreneur, lived at The Woodlands, Merrow and latterly Longdene House, Haslemere, where he died on the 29 August 1912.

They have also performed in the twinning towns of Bernay in France and Horb am Neckar in Germany.

James Lowther

James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1736–1802), electoral magnate in northern England, Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, Cumberland, Haslemere and Westmorland

Oak Hall, Haslemere

In January 1969 Mr Wallis sold Oak Hall and its grounds to the Wispers School Educational Trust.

The BBC Three television series Leave Us Kids Alone was filmed at Oak Hall in the 2007 summer holidays.

Peter Burrell

Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr (1754–1820), his son, British MP for Haslemere and Boston, and cricketer

Whitaker Wright

In 1890 Wright had purchased an estate named Lea Park between Godalming and Haslemere, Surrey, and the adjacent South Park Farm from the Earl of Derby, which included the Lordship of the Manor and control of Hindhead Common and the Devil's Punch Bowl.


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