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Esher
Monument commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Esher, Elmbridge, Surrey, Eng.
Elmbridge
district, England, United Kingdom
Elmbridge, district and borough, administrative and historic county of Surrey, southeastern England. The borough comprises the former urban districts of Esher and of Walton and Weybridge.
Elmbridge is situated at the southwestern edge of the Greater London metropolitan area and is largely residential. It includes the Sandown Park racecourse (1875) and Claremont Park, rebuilt by Lancelot (“Capability”) Brown in the Palladian style for Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, the first British administrator of Bengal, India. There is some light engineering. A large aircraft works at Brooklands closed in the 1980s. Area 37 square miles (96 square km). Pop. (2001) 121,936; (2011) 130,875.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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