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RIVER WEY
NORTH BRANCH
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RIVER WEY
SOUTH BRANCH
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RIVER UNITED
TILFORD TO
GODALMING
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THE WEY
NAVIGATIONS
• Introduction
• History
• The Godalming
Navigation
• The Wey
Navigation
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RIVER
TRANSPORT
• Introduction
• Lock
• Barges
• Life on the
Barges
• The Horse-
drawn IONA
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WEY INDUSTRY
• Introduction
• Watermills
• Flour & Bread
• Fulling & Cloth
• Chilworth
Gunpowder
Mills
• Charcoal
Making
• Brewing
• Papermaking
• Ice Houses
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WEY WILDLIFE
• Introduction
• Habitats
• Trees & Plants
• Insects
• Birds
• Fish
• Countryside
Designations
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WEY PLACES
• Introduction
• More About
ALTON
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FARNHAM
• More About
GODALMING
• More About
WEYBRIDGE
• More About
BROOKLANDS
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WEY PEOPLE
• Introduction
• Legends
• The Big Names
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WEY ART
• Introduction
• Boat Art
• Inn Art
• River Graffiti
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WEY RIVER
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The People & Legends
of the Wey Valley
In a prosperous region once dominated by royal palaces, many centuries of control by the Bishops of Winchester, and a high concentration of people attracted by the variety of industry, it's not surprising that the valley had the nobility, the wealthy politicians and the movers and shakers living along its length.
Scroll down to link to pages about the big names and the legends of the valley. We've also just started a new section featuring the work and lives of people living in the Valley today.
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Wey
Snippets
“Rationing was not nice as I can recall. All those long queues for anything you could get. My family took turns to queue and when someone did about 15 minutes, then someone else took over, if you lost your place, then it was tough. You had to go to the back of the line. The term ‘under the counter’ meant a few shops put special items under the counter to be reserved for special customers. My hubby said it was favours for certain folk and this caused a lot of ill-feeling.” Pauline Cox. Surrey Memories and Families at War. Michael Green
WEY VALLEY MADNESS:
THE WOBBLY HILL RACES
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