Laleham Burway
Laleham Burway is a 1.6-square-kilometre (0.62 sq mi) tract of water-meadow and former water-meadow between the River Thames and Abbey River in the far north of Chertsey in Surrey. Its uses are varied. Part is Laleham Golf Club. Semi-permanent park homes in the west forms residential development along with a brief row of houses with gardens against the Thames. A reservoir and water works is on the island.
From at least the year 1278 its historic bulky northern definition formed part of the dominant estate of
The part legally separate from Abbey Mead (being together a large mill-race island with a broad corollary of the river beside them), the narrower definition comprised 200 acres (81 ha). In 1911 these remained largely for horse and cow pasture.
Part of it was a cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of Chertsey Cricket Club.
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Early ownership, watermill and agricultural purposes
The near-triangular bulk of the ground measured as about 200 acres (81 ha) on the right bank of the Thames in 1911 constitutes its narrow, historical definition to distinguish Laleham Burway's at times separate ownership from Abbey Mead.
The Burway is in a grant of Laleham manor during the 18th century.
Laleham Burway (including Abbey Mead, its parent and together forming one main island) is the largest island of the non-tidal course of the River Thames in England upstream of the Tideway — if disqualifying the villages of Dorney and Eton, Berkshire enclosed by the 2002-completed Jubilee River.
Cricket history
Location | near Chertsey, Surrey |
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Home club | Chertsey Cricket Club |
County club | Surrey |
Establishment | by 1736 |
Last used | before 1856 |
During the
Numerous matches were played at Laleham Burway during the 18th century. Perhaps the most famous was the one in which
The ground is known to have been used by Chertsey until June 1784, although it has been used in the 20th century for some cricket.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Spelthorne Hundred: Laleham", in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 396-401. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp396-401
- ^ Announcement in Read’s Weekly Journal dated Saturday, 3 July, about a deciding game on Richmond Green to be played on Monday, 5 July.
- ^ a b Laleham Burway Cricket Ground, Laleham Burway, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Minutes of Chertsey Recreation Committee meeting on 4 August 1856
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