Esher

51.369444444444 - 0.365Koordinaten: 51 ° 22 ' N, 0 ° 22 ' W

Esher [i ː ʃə ] is a town in the English county of Surrey. It belongs to the borough of Elmbridge and is southwest of London on the River Mole, near its confluence with the River Thames. The population is 8,387.

History

Esher was first mentioned in the Domesday Book and has long been an important coaching inn on the road from London to Portsmouth - later emerged along the route the highway A3. In the 16th century King Henry VIII declared the area around the royal hunting grounds Esher. Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive was in the 18th century Claremont Mansion in Palladian style built as his country seat; The house was later used by Queen Victoria as a secondary residence. Here also lived Leopold of Saxe -Coburg as king before he went to Belgium. Later Victoria presented the house to 1848 expelled from France King Louis Philippe as exile seat available. In the 1960s, the Beatles guitarist George Harrison lived in Esher, in his " Kinfauns " mentioned house, where there was also a recording studio.

Attractions

Not far from the train station of the city is the Sandown Park Racecourse. Also worth seeing is the St. George 's Church, whose building stock largely dates from the Tudor period.

Personalities

  • Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York (1475-1530), lived temporarily at his country estate in Esher
  • Francis John Williamson, sculptor (1833-1920), worked and died in Esher
  • Adeline Genée, Danish ballet dancer (1878-1970), died in Esher
  • Leslie Halliwell, writer and film historian (1929-1989), died in Esher
  • George Harrison, guitarist of The Beatles (1943-2001)
  • Tony Lee, jazz musician (1934-2004), died in Esher
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