Weybridge (gbr)

Weybridge

Weybridge ranks 2,843rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Linares, Jaén, Zeist, and Liaoyang. Memorable people born in Weybridge include Jacqueline Bisset, Colin Davis, and James Somerville. Memorable people who died in Weybridge include Rudolf von Laban, John Austin, and Madge Syers. Weybridge has been the birth place of many actors and conductors and the death place of many politicians and philosophers. Weybridge is located in United Kingdom.

Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district in Surrey, England, around 17 mi (27 km) southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as Waigebrugge and Weibrugge in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the River Wey, which flows into the River Thames to the north of the town centre. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Bronze Age. During the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods, Weybridge was held by Chertsey Abbey. In 2011 it had a population of 15,449. Read more on Wikipedia