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What was it like in Ashtead? 0-1500 AD | ||
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| Jesus Christ lives in the Middle East & is crucified AD30; his disciples experience his resurrection | 0 | Romans invade Britain in AD43 and build Stane Street passing south of Ashtead; later known as Pebble Lane |
| 100 | ||
| Constantine, Roman Emperor, professes conversion to Christian faith 310 AD | Roman Villa stands in Ashtead Woods with tile works | |
| St Augustine comes to Canterbury as first Archbishop in Britain 597 | 500 | Nothing known |
| William the Conqueror wins Battle of Hastings 1066 Normans occupy England and Wales | 1000 | Turgis, the Saxon, supporter of King Harold, loses his land in Ashtead |
| Domesday Survey of Britain 1086
King Henry I establishes peace and loses son in Channel storm 1120 |
1100 | Bishop Odo of Bayeux has been given Ashtead
Laurence of San Sepulchro, from Rouen, settled in manor of Ashtead about 1120 |
| Magna Carta signed by King John at Runnymede 1215 | 1200 | Laurence's descendants, De la Mare family, live in manor of Ashtead |
| War with Scotland: Scots win battle of Bannockburn 1314 | 1300 | John de Montfort young lord of Ashtead Manor is killed at Stirling |
| The Black Death plague strikes 1347 - 1350 | 1400 | Three clergymen appointed to Ashtead in succession *. Two of them quite possibly fell victim to the plague |
| Columbus discovers America 1492 | 1500 | St Giles Church probably rebuilt at this time with present tower |
| * These were Chantry Priests and so do not appear in the tables of past Rectors & Vicars | ||
What was it like in Ashtead? 1500-1800 AD | ||
| AD | ||
| Protestant Reformation begins in Germany with Martin Luther in 1517 - 1520 | 1500 | 1543 Having broken the bonds with the Pope, Henry VIII seizes Manor & Church |
| 1558 Queen Elizabeth I accedes to the throne of England | 1559 Ashtead's first married Rector, the Rev Ralph Kirkham, returns from exile in Europe | |
| 1605 Guy Fawkes fails in the Gunpowder Plot | 1600 | "Breeches" Bible published in 1607; copy in Ashtead |
| 1611 Authorised version of the Bible published | ||
| 1638 Lawrence draws first map of Ashtead | ||
| 1649 Execution of King Charles I | ||
| 1665 Plague
1666 Great Fire of London |
1663 & 1667 Samuel Pepys visits Farm Lane | |
| 1688 The Glorious Revolution in England | 1680 Sir Robert Howard settles in manor and builds a mansion there | |
| William III & Mary come from Holland | ||
| 1707 Act of Union of England & Wales with Scotland | 1700 | 1707 Lady Diana Feilding inherits the Manor. She founds Almshouses in the Street |
| 1725 Peter the Great founds the Russian Empire | 1699-1742 Rev Peter Hamelot, Huguenot refugee from persecution in France, is Ashtead's Rector | |
| 1769 Captain Cook finds Australia | ||
| 1783 Britain loses American colonies to the future United States | Leg of Mutton & Berkshire Arms complete | |
| 1789 Revolution in France | 1800 | 1789 Mary Howard grows up in "Headmaster's House" while father builds new mansion (now City of London, Freemen's School) |
What was it like in Ashtead? 1800-1900 AD | ||
| AD | ||
| 1805 Nelson killed at Battle of Trafalgar | 1800 | 1802 Wyburd produces complete map of Ashtead |
| 1815 Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated | 1818 Col and Mrs Howard inherit Manor | |
| 1830 Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened | 1830 St Giles' Church fully restored: new east Window | |
| 1833 Abolition of slavery in British Empire | 1846 Col Howard dies; Mary holds Manor till 1877 | |
| 1851 First complete UK population census - total 18 Million | 1850 | 1851 Church attendance census: 260 at am & 245 at pm services in St Giles' Church |
| 1854 Crimean War; Florence Nightingale nurses the wounded | 1852 Ashtead Church School founded | |
| 1856 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln President of the USA | 1859 The railway comes to Ashtead
1860 Agates Farm 374 acres in West Ashtead | |
| 1868 Disraeli & Gladstone alternate as Prime Minster for many years | 1872 Death of William Legge, Rector since 1826 | |
| 1876 First telephone invented by Alexander Bell | 1879 Sale of Ashtead Estate after death of Mary Howard | |
| 1885 First car invented by Benz | 1886 First issue of Ashtead Parish Magazine - cost 1 penny | |
| 1899 Boer War in South Africa begins | 1900 | 1899 Lucas, Rector, sees need for new church [the future St George's] as population increases |
What was it like in Ashtead? 1900-2000 AD | ||
| AD | ||
| 1901 Death of Queen Victoria | 1900 | 1901 Queen Victoria's funeral train seen at Ashtead |
| 1906 Parliamentary Labour Party formed
1907 Einstein proposes his Special Theory of Relativity |
1906 St George's Church Built
1907 Curate Rev Phillips observes stars | |
| 1910 | ||
| 1914-18 The 'Great War' in Europe
1922 Birth of the BBC broadcasting from '2LO' |
1920 | 1915 1,500 Royal Fusiliers train in Ashtead
1924 Peace Memorial Hall opened |
| 1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany | 1930 | 1932 Plan for 30,000 population |
| 1939 Hitler invades Poland - European War begins
1942 Japan & USA at war 1943 Russians defeat Hitler at Staligrad after siege1945 Allied Victory. United Nations set up |
1940 | 1940 St Giles' School badly damaged by bomb. Classes in St Giles' Church
1942 Rev Alan Cooper becomes Rector. Church life transformed |
| 1948 Creation of Israel in Palestine | 1950 | 1948 Railways nationalised at British Railways |
| 1960 | ||
| 1969 Man on the moon | 1970 | |
| 1984 IBM introduces a 1 Megabit RAM memory chip | 1980 | 1984 M25 opens |
| 1990 | ||
| 2000 Millennium Celebrations. Olympics in Sydney | 2000 | 1999 St George's Church closed for refurbishment and extension of halls |