Chilworth

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Netley, by Newlands Corner, above Albury and Chilworth, are for me, at all events, the loveliest spot in Surrey.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Beyond Tangley Manor to the north the railway runs a loose parallel to the little Tillingbourne, through Chilworth, Albury, Shere and Gomshall.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Nothing in Surrey delighted Cobbett more than "the narrow and exquisitely beautiful vale of Chilworth," at which he used to gaze from these downs.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Chilworth west of the chapel by perhaps half a mile.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Immediately on coming to the throne Charles I gave leave to the East India Company to set up powdermills on the skirts of Windsor Park; but the mills frightened the deer and were moved to Chilworth.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

So far very little powder had been made at Chilworth.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

He certainly left a large fortune to Surrey parishes, and no bequests have found their way to Chilworth, Tatsfield, or Wanborough, but that is the only foundation for the old story.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

It is the work of a Surrey architect, Sir Charles Nicholson, a neighbour at Chilworth, who carried out his difficult task in 1901, and has since written an interesting little pamphlet on the church's history.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Chilworth stands last on the bright little stream, hardly a village; not much more than a station, some powdermills, and reedy ponds.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912