Chertsey

Charles called the Chertsey swans who came to possess themselves of the

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907

In recent years Ian Khama, Botswana's president – a former military chief of general staff who was born in Chertsey, Surrey, and educated at Sandhurst – has faced growing accusations of autocracy and intolerance of dissent.

Kalahari Bushmen's fight for right to water adds to growing anger at Botswana rulers 2010

The ordinary traffic had been stopped, I believe, in order to allow of the passage of troops and guns to Chertsey, and I have heard since that a savage struggle occurred for places in the special trains that were put on at a later hour to help clear this area of people before the dead plague worsened or the Martians annihilated the town.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Then we heard the guns at Chertsey, and folks coming from Weybridge.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

This smoke or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

One on the extreme left, the remotest that is, flourished a huge case high in the air, and the ghostly, terrible Heat-Ray I had already seen on Friday night smote towards Chertsey, and struck the town.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Looking back, I saw the other Martians advancing with gigantic strides down the riverbank from the direction of Chertsey.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

The porters told him that several remarkable telegrams had been received in the morning from Byfleet and Chertsey stations, but that these had abruptly ceased.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Down below in the darkness were Ottershaw and Chertsey and all their hundreds of people, sleeping in peace.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

In addition, a large number of people must have walked, in spite of the heat of the day, from Woking and Chertsey, so that there was altogether quite a considerable crowd—one or two gaily dressed ladies among the others.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009