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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