History of the Dittons

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Stone Age (10,000 - 1800 BC) Bronze Age (1800 BC - 500 BC) Iron Age (500 BC - 43 AD) Roman (43 - 406 AD) Anglo-Saxon (406 - 1066 AD) Norman (1066 - 1154) Plantagenet (1154 - 1413) Lancastrian (1399 - 1461) Yorkist (1461 - 1485) Tudor (1485 - 1603) Stuart (1603 - 1649) Commonwealth (1649 - 1660) Restoration (1660 - 1727) Hanoverian (1727 - 1837) Victorian (1837 - 1901) Modern (1901 - today)	Angel Inn Bachelors Hall Thames Villa Boyle Farm Boyle Farm Island Bridges Almshouse Chalcott House Church Walk Congregational Church Ditton Hill Ditton House Ditton Lodge Ditton Marsh Ditton Park Effingham Road Ember Lane Ewell Road Ferry Works Forde's Farm Giggs Hill Green Grange, Long Ditton Hampton Court High Street Home of Compassion Howard Street Imber Court Lodge Long Ditton Manor Long Ditton Parish Hall Maybury Lodge Old Manor House Picton House Pound Farm Portsmouth Road Rectory River Thames Scilly Isles St Mary's Church St Nicholas Church River Thames Slaughter House Swan Inn Swaynesthorpe Thames Ditton Island United Reformed Church Upper Ditton House Weston Green Weston House Wharf Road Winters Bridge Woodstock Lane	Baker, William (born 1705) Blakeden, Cuthbert (died 1540) Boothe, John (died 1548) Boothe, Julian Boyle Walsingham, Charlotte (died 1790) Boyle Walsingham, Richard (1762-1788) Boyle Walsingham, Robert (died 1780) Bridges, Henry Digby, Charlotte Digby, Stephen FitzGerald, Lord Edward (1763-1798) FitzGerald, Lord Henry (1761-1829) Fitzgerald-de Ros, Charlotte (1769-1831) Forde, Erasmus Godolphin, Colonel Sidney (1652-1732) Halasz, Katharina Hatton family Harvest, Rev George (1716-1780) Hook, Theodore (1788-1841) Hornung, Ernest (1866-1921) Howe, Charlotte Ralphe de Imworth (died 1223) Jarvis, George Macaulay, Thomas (1800-1859) Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) Onslow, Arthur (1691-1768) Onslow, George (1731-1814) Pamela, Lady Edward FitzGerald (1773-1831) Picton, Cesar (1755-1836) Robertson, Herbert Robinson, Mark Rogers, Rev EH Seymour-Conway, Francis Speer, Hannibal Speer, William Sugden, Edward (1781-1875) Tash family Sullivan, Sir Richard (1752-1806) Watson, Hewett (1804-1881) Watts, Dr CF Willans, Peter	AC Cars Aerial photos Celestion Cricket Club Crime Dandies' Fête Development Punting Club Health Maps Naming Poverty and the Workhouse Pubs Railways Roads Rural Economy Schools Social Events Tennis Club Waterways

Sunset over Rythe Court

Books on the area's history

Author unknown. The Borough of Elmbridge. Public Relations Div. Elmbridge Borough Council. Not dated
Author unknown. The Thames Ditton Statue Foundry. Surrey Industrial History Group. 1994
Burchett, Phillip J. A historical sketch of Thames Ditton. Published by Authors 1985
Burchett, Phillip J. & Burchett Christopher J. (Editors) Thames Ditton Yesterday - A miscellany of social history to 1984. Published by Authors. 1991 ISBN 0-904811-20-4
Crocker, Glenys. A guide to the industrial archaeology of the Borough of Surrey. Surrey Industrial History Group. 1990 ISBN 0-9508448-4-5
Lavell, B.A. Ferry Works, Thames Ditton - A history of industry. Octagon Developments Ltd. 1986
Mercer, T.S. Tales and scandals of old Thames Ditton. Published by Author. 1968
Mercer, T.S. More Thames Ditton tales and scandals. Published by Author. 1970
White, Neil. Elmbridge Borough in old picture postcards. European Library "Back in time" series. 1996 ISBN 90-288-62374