SamTruelove published Why are Leatherhead, Dorking, Abinger Hammer and Fetcham called...

They are the Surrey villages and towns we live in or drive through on an almost daily basis but how did the historic locations dating back more than 1,000 years such as Leatherhead, Dorking, Abinger Hammer and Fetcham come to get their names?With the help of people with expert knowledge of the area and author Gavin Smith, who wrote the book 'Surrey Place-names", we have found out. LeatherheadAccording to Mr Smith, who as well as being an author is a geographer, the first known recording of...

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