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In 1965, the London Government Act 1963 abolished the existing county of London and replaced it with the larger Greater London, which took over more territory in the north-east of Surrey, including Richmond, Kingston-upon-Thames, Wimbledon and Sutton. At the same time, Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames were transferred to Surrey from Middlesex.
Most of their Church of England parish registers, from 1538 to 1987 (baptisms to 1912; marriages to 1937; and burials to 1987) are now available via ancestry.co.uk. The online Guide to parish registers held at Surrey History Centre indicates that significant numbers of the registers for parishes historically in Surrey but now in London are held ...
The library has 7,200 square metres (78,000 sq ft) of usable space spread over four floors. [3] Its 100,000-item collection of print materials is modest for a large urban library; the library is focused on community services such as language programs for Surrey's large immigrant population, youth and adult programs, and computer access. [3]
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Surrey remained safe from attack for over a century thereafter, due to its location and to the growing power of the West Saxon, later English, kingdom. Kingston was the scene for the coronations of Æthelstan in 924 and of Æthelred the Unready in 978, and, according to later tradition, also of other 10th-century Kings of England.
Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England.Its council is based in Reigate and the borough also includes the towns of Banstead, Horley and Redhill.
The library was designed by Hugh Lea, Borough Architect for Croydon Council in 1966 [9] together with the Chief Librarian T.E. Callander and opened in 1968. [10] It is locally listed, within the South Norwood conservation area and a national listing application has been made to Historic England.
At the 2001 census, Addlestone was recorded as having a population of 16,657, making it the largest settlement in the Borough of Runnymede. [6]The four wards in Addlestone have their own semi-permanent (land use) profiles: Addlestone Bourneside has the greatest proportion of privately rented homes, Addlestone North of socially rented homes.