On Eriswell Road today and pre-dating the landscaping is one of the 200 oldest oak trees in England. The large Scots pine trees were planted around the lakes along with many specimen trees across the estate. These drained into Black Pond (under the site of Lynwood in Eastwick Road) and then to the War Memorial Pond (now filled in) in Hersham and on to the River Mole. He developed the land around the house and created two old gravel pits into ornamental lakes, known today as Broadwater Lake and Heart Pond. Sir John Frederick (1708- 1783) a wealthy city merchant built the Manor House, which today sits in the centre of Burwood Park and is now a private property. This was believed to be in the Cranley Road area. This included the little hamlet of Burwood, with its own windmill, which was destroyed by fire in 1797. John Latton also owned various lands in Esher.ġ721 - the Burwood manor was purchased by John Latton and was then consolidated into a larger landholding.ġ739 - the Burwood part of the estate was purchased by the Frederick family who enlarged the estate by buying parts of Walton Common and various tithe lands in the surrounding area. On the King’s death the area was split up and the ‘old’ manors passed into various private hands.ġ710 John Latton the Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey under Queen Anne acquired the Moreshall manor and it became known as Mount Latton. This transaction took place when the King acquired all the manors (including Burwood) between the Thames, Wey, Mole Rivers and Wisley, for conversion into a large deer park, which was called the Honour of Hampton Court.ġ548 - 1710. Early History – Burwood and Moreshallĩ62 - The first mention of Burwood in historical records.ġ066 - Burwood was one of four manors in the area of Walton Leigh.ġ540 - the manor of Moreshall of 200 acres (Burhill Golf Club today) and associated lands were made over by John Carlton, a Walton Lawyer, to King Henry VIII in exchange for ex-monastic land elsewhere. The following tracks the early history of ‘Burwood’ through to the 1920s and to the present day. The Park is closely linked with the Burhill estate with several cross-overs in ownership taking place before the land was consolidated into the Burhill Estate by the 2nd Earl of Iveagh in 1927 and then developed as a residential estate. The Park has a fascinating history dating back over a thousand years.
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