The Elmbridge Hundred - Famous People
- Everyone interested in local history will love to explore the fascinating biographies in this major initiative.The Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey has a fascinating and illustrious past, best explored through its extraordinary array of historic figures.The Elmbridge Hundred is a mind-blowing history of people and place accessed via a superb website..
This website contains a treasure trove of biographical stories. It records famous (and infamous!) people who lived, loved and worked in the area, and those who made momentous visits. Travel back and forth through time and genre, to see how everyone from Julius Caesar to John Lennon has links with Elmbridge.
The Elmbridge Hundred is a community partnership, which brings together Elmbridge Museum, Brooklands Museum, Claremont Landscape Gardens, Landskip Organization, Painshill Park and the Surrey History Centre with all of the borough's senior schools.
The project is also supported by Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust, Esher District Local History Society, Molesey and District Antiques Society, Molesey Local History Society, Walton and Weybridge Local History Society, and The Weybridge Society.To explore the wealth of material click on the logo
15th Aug 2010
