In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Spelthorne like this:

SPELTHORNE, a hundred in the SW of Middlesex; containing 12 parishes. Acres, 23,576. Pop. in 1851, 17,305; in 1861, 19,440. Houses, 3,755.

Spelthorne through time

Spelthorne is now part of SPELTHORNE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SPELTHORNE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Spelthorne itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Spelthorne in Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17311

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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