Lyne, Surrey
| Lyne | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Alm'ners Priory | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ013662 |
| Location: | 51°23’9"N, 0°32’43"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,576 (2011) |
| Post town: | Chertsey |
| Postcode: | KT16 |
| Dialling code: | 01932 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Runnymede |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Runnymede and Weybridge |
Lyne is a village in the north-west of Surrey, on a lane between Addlestone (to the east) and Virginia Water (to the north-west). The nearest town is Chertsey, a mile and a half to the east. The M25 motorway runs immediately to the east of the village, which finds itself in a corner formed by the M25 and the M3.
In the early 13th century, the area was known as la Linde meaning the lime tree.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is Holy Trinity, was built in 1849, to the design of FJH Francis.[2] It is a Grade II listed building.[3]
The church is built in imitation of the 13th century Gothic style, with offset buttresses: pointed-arched openings and windows lancets or with Geometric tracery. It has a large, square tower.
History
The village was for the centuries (from at least the Norman Conquest) until the early 20th century a hamlet of the parish of Chertsey. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was part of the vast landholdings of Chertsey Abbey. In the early centuries of this period Chertsey was divided into eight tythings: two of which were Lolewirth/Lulworth or Hardwitch/Hardwicke and Rokesbury or Ruxbury in Lyne.[4] The 16th century replacement to great tything barn is here, close to the present Chertsey proper, that is in the east of Lyne.[4]
In 1849 the church was built for the hamlet Lyne and Longcross in Lyne.[5]
In 1911 its description was:
Botleys and Lyne, a hamlet of Chertsey, is 2 miles south by west. The school was built in 1895. Botleys Park, the residence of Mr. Henry Gosling, Almners Barns, now called Almners...Foxhills, the seat of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, and Fan Court [in Longcross], the seat of Sir Edward D. Stern, are in this district.[4]
About the village
A miniature railway is in the east of the area, close to Chertsey, the Great Cockcrow Hill miniature railway which has train rides for families.
In the 17th century Alm'ners was built which gives its name to one of the two long built-up low-rise, low density residential roads containing most of the housing of the village. This is a large house which later became a priory in Roman Catholicism.[6]
Hardwick Court Barn was built in the 17th century.[7] Hardwick Court Farm has its own article as the largest example of timber-framed home in north Surrey. Part was destroyed in Second World War bomb damage to be rebuilt in brick but is otherwise a late Tudor period structure with the remainder almost wholly added in the 17th century.[8]
The village hall is modern and has substantial windows. It available for wedding hire, hosts regular sports and seasonal sports, fundraising and fun events, particularly the Lyne Summer Fete.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Lyne and Longcross". Chertsey Museum. https://chertseymuseum.org/lyne-longcross.
- ↑ Holy Trinity Church Lyne & Longcross
- ↑ National Heritage List 1242378: Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A History of the County of Surrey - Volume 3 pp 396-397: The Hundred of Godley (with map) (Victoria County History)
- ↑ The parish and village of Lyne and Longcross: A Church Near You
- ↑ National Heritage List 1377912: Alm'ners (Priory) (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1178262: Barn of Hardwick Court Farm (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1377904: Hardwick Court Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
