COBHAM, SURREY

'Cobham' is a town in Surrey, England, about 20 miles south-west of London; and 5 miles north of Leatherhead. To the north of the town is the A3 and Hersham Village. ''Cobham Fairmile'' has a population of 4,760^[2] whilst neighbouring ''Cobham and Downside'' has a population of 6,158.^[3]

Contents

History

Local Area

Cobham Mill

Education

Local Leisure & Entertainment

Road links

Police and fire services

References

External links

History

Cobham is an ancient settlement whose origins can be traced back through Roman times to the Iron Age. Cobham lay within the Saxon administrative district of Elmbridge hundred.
Cobham appears in Domesday Book as ''Covenham''. It was held by Chertsey Abbey. Its domesday assets were: 12½ hides; 3 mills worth 13s 4d, 10 ploughs, 1 acre of meadow, woodland worth 40 hogs. It rendered £14.^[4] ''Coveham'' or ''Covenham'' which is thought to mean a settlement in the curve of a river.

Local Area

On the outskirts of Cobham is Stoke d'Abernon, whose name is taken from a family who settled here at time of the Norman conquest in 1066.
The local newspaper is the Cobham News & Mail.^[5]

Cobham Mill

The River Mole provides a setting for Cobham's best-known landmark which is the red brick water mill, constructed in 1822 and once part of a much larger complex. It stands on the site of earlier mills dating back to the Middle Ages. The mill was in use until 1928 when it became uneconomical to continue operating.
In 1953 the main part of the mill was demolished by Surrey County Council to allieviate traffic congestion on Mill Road. The remaining building was restored to full working order by the Cobham Mill Preservation Trust, and is now open to the public from 2pm to 5pm on the second Sunday of each month (between April and October).

Education

The primary school is called St Andrew's. There is no state secondary school. The main local prep school is Parkside at Stoke D'Abernon School. There are three independent schools: Notre Dame; ACS (The American Community Schools) Cobham International and href="Reed's_School">Reed's School.

Local Leisure & Entertainment

Painshill Park is nearby. Cobham has three football clubs: Cobham Football Club, Cobham United Football Club and Cobham Town FC (formed 2007). Cobham is also the location of Chelsea F.C.'s new state-of-the-art training complex. There is Cobham Rugby Football Club^[6] and Cobham Village Club along with a branch of the Royal British Legion.

Road links

To the north and west of the town is the A3 trunk road, a major arterial route from London to Portsmouth. This road links to the M25 motorway at Junction 10, immediately to the south of Cobham.

★ The A307, Portsmouth Road starts in Cobham and runs northwards to the adjoining town of Esher. This is also known as the "old A3"

★ The A245 runs through the centre of the town and leads to Leatherhead in the South East and Byfleet to the West.

Police and fire services

Nowadays, Cobham Police Station is only used for minor issues; everything else is handled from Esher Police Station.

★ 'Surrey Fire & Rescue Service', called Painshill Fire Station has a full time crew together with:

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★ 1 x Water Tender Ladder,

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★ 1 x Incident Command Unit,

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★ 1 x Forward Command Vehicle

References

1. Census data(1)
2. Census data (2)
3. Census data (3)
4. Surrey Domesday Book
5. Cobham News & Mail
6. Cobham Rugby

External links

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★ Aerial photographs of Cobham

★ Cobham Bus Museum

★ [1] Councillor David Tipping, Cobham & Downside ward representative

★ Cobham Park

★ Official website for Cobham Rugby Football Club

★ Official website for Cobham Sports Association incorporating Cobham Rugby, Cobham Tennis and Cobham Cricket

★ Stoke D'Abernon Cricket Club, the main local centre for youth cricket also the best cricket player on that team is rjt