Surrey affords good examples of prosperous peasant life at the woodland margin in the Middle Ages and had some of the best developed industry before the Industrial Revolution. The landscape gardening which has made the county unrivalled in its still beautifully contrived scenery is a major contribution to the arts of Western Europe. "Dr. Brandon is meticulous in charting Surrey's growth ... detailed but not dull ..." Surrey Advertiser.
This comprehensive history of Surrey provides detailed insights into the development of the region from prehistoric times to the present day. Malden's extensive research traces the growth of cities, the evolution of industries, and the interplay between political and social forces in shaping Surrey's past. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from A History of Surrey A history upon this scale is not intended to compete with the stupendous folios of Manning and Bray, nor with the voluminous gossip of Aubrey's "Perambulation." Neither is it exactly similar in its objects. It aspires to give a brief general view of the history of the county, not of each place in the county, to notice events of general importance in English history which occurred in the county, and to illustrate phases of English history by examples taken from Surrey. Unlike some other counties, Surrey never corresponded to the territory of a people nor of a tribe. When it was a kingdom it was an insignificant dependent State, and only one of its kinglets has been remembered by name. It probably owed its separate existence to its position as a dependency of London, and it bids fair to become a rural suburb of London. But its position near London and the South Coast made striking events to happen in it. Every army, for instance, which ever approached London from the South had to march through Surrey. For many reasons local history is important. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
