I wasn't expecting this! Guildford (pronounced "Gill-f'd") has been my home town for over 40 years so am very glad you like it, Connor. Henry III's son, Edward Longshanks (Edward I) grew up in the castle here and his own son, Prince Henry, died here in infancy and was buried in the Dominican Friary. Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice in Wonderland" wrote the sequel "Alice, through the Looking Glass" here and is buried in the main cemetery, the Mount, overlooking the town. Also buried here, at the Crematorium, is Boris Karloff, the famous (English) Hollywood actor who starred in horror films on the 1930s and created the role of Frankenstein's monster as well as starring in "The Mummy". The first ever recorded mention of the game of cricket occurred here in the late 1500s. Alan Turing's parents lived here and he most likely did too. Godalming (pronounced "Goddle-ming") is nearby, the home of Jack Philips, the radio operator who went down with the Titanic. The Tsar, Peter the Great stayed, incognito I think, at one of the coaching inns (the King's Arms) in the centre of the town in the early 18th century. This whole area was the setting for the novel "War of the Worlds" by H G Wells and Leatherhead is one of the places where the action takes place.
Waow! Gilford seems like quite a Hall of Fame! That reminds me of the delightful Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" book, which I reveled in reading a little while ago, and that I'd recommend to anyone who'd like to discover the off-the-beaten-tracks Great Britain. Bill Bryson is an American writer who traveled through England - NOT by car, but mostly by train, bus, coach, ... and explored every little corner of the country. His "notes" are his impressions as an expat, which he wrote before returning to the USA, and a vivid description of what he saw, experienced and loved. Highly recommended!
Also, an important event in English history for Connor to contemplate. Alfred the Aetheling, son of Aethelred the Unready, King of the English, and brother of Edward the Confessor, was in Guildford when his bodyguard was massacred here (their bones were only rediscovered in the 20th century on the Mount overlooking Guildford) supposedly on the orders of Earl Godwin of Mercia, father of the future king Harold II Godwinson. Alfred was captured and himself murdered soon after in 1036. Might he have been a possible candidate of the right age (around 50-60) to supplant or succeed his younger half-brother Edward the Confessor and thwart the ambitions of William of Normandy (his great nephew Edgar being too young in 1066 to be at the vanguard of resistance)?
Laurence Olivier had nothing whatever to do with Lawrence of Arabia (played by Peter O'Toole). Olivier was an eminent actor. He starred in Hitchcock's "Rebecca", in classic film versions of Shakespeare's Henry V and Richard III, played a Jewish Nazi hunter opposite Gregory Peck's Dr Mengele in "The Boys from Brazil" and as the creepy baddie who pulled out Dustin Hoffman's teeth in "Marathon Man", to name a fraction. He was a legend and something of a chameleon in the roles he played. He was married to Vivenne Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind".
Perhaps the confusion lies in the name - It was _T E.Lawrence_ who was the 'real man' behind the story of "Lawrence** of Arabia" - (the English** spelling) whereas (Sir) Laurence* Olivier, later Lord Olivier - (the French* spelling) was the consumate actor of whom ye speak...(and his father, I believe was an Anglican 'man of the Cloth' - unsure which "rank"! Laurence attended Cambridge University, instead of a seminary, (?) where he "caught the acting bug" and started acting, in the role of a woman (Rosemary?) in the first of his _many_ _many_ Shakespearean roles - do correct me if I'm mistaken, as my memory fails at times like this!)🤔 ❤🏴🇬🇧🖖
I used to work in Godalming for a computergame company back in 2001 ... gorgeous area, I live just round the corner. I was attacked by a fox in Guildford once on a heavy night out on that highstreet. It come out of nowhere and bit-down on the leg of my jeans... I spent the next 10 minutes trying to walk with a fox attached to my leg, got some very funny looks, and had to pose for photos for randoms. 🤣
That's an interesting observation you're making there, Connor, about the Home Counties not always getting all the publicity that they (sometimes) deserve... Depending upon your point of view, south and west are generally considered more favourably than east and north in the UK - which is largely because of the more-favourable weather, and as much of Surrey is Southwest, it is where many of the grandest addresses and most prosperous, well-kept historic towns and villages are to be found! Kent is quite nice in the, largely rural centre and does have certain highlights elsewhere - such as Royal Tunbridge Wells and Edenbridge in its far west; otherwise you are as likely to find its faded seaside towns feature in the 'Turdtowns' channel and others portraying the 'worst places to live in England' listings... Berkshire is fairly similar to Surrey - and inland and, more distant from London parts of Essex along with much of Hertfordshire are quite nice; but I'd give most of the Essex Coast a very wide berth if I were you, as the only redeeming feature of even Southend-on-Sea is the electric railway along the length of what is the world's longest pleasure pier! Apart from towns on the Thames such as Maidenhead, Marlow and Henley, Buckinghamshire is the unfortunate owner of several more 'turdtown'-like destinations including Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Miton Keynes and Slough, where Bedfordshire suffers the great indignity of hosting much-maligned places such as Luton...! The corresponding outer London suburbs that were once within these counties and still largely use them within their postal addresses share similar attributes: Hence, the 'nicest' London Boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Sutton and Croydon are those that were once in Surrey; Bromley and Bexley were in (the 'nicer' part) of Kent, Havering, Redbridge and the northern parts of Waltham Forest; Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Brent and Hillingdon - which together with parts of Haringey and Hounslow were formerly in Middlesex and bordering Hertfordshire (Waltham Forest, Enfield, Barnet), and Buckinghamshire. It is really only within the more prosperous of these that the nice town centres that you like are to be found these days as everywhere else is in sharp economic decline!
As a northerner, I think that the South East 'suffers' from being so near to London. I discovered just how nice Surrey was from visiting my cousin. It is a shame that this video concentrated on towns, as the countryside is gorgeous, the Surrey Hills, the South Downs and the beautiful woodland. I'm told that Surrey has more trees than any other county, which is quite something, as it's not that big. To think, before I went there, I thought it was just a suburban commuter sprawl.
Conor, Dorking has a street full of antique shops. The Surrey Hills in summer is a lovely place to visit. So many walks and areas of natural beauty. If you’re ever in the area visit Silent Pool Gin distillery near a village called Shere. And the county is blessed with some nice pubs
Welcome to my home county. I know these towns welI. I was in central Dorking doing some shopping in the street shown on the video, only several hours ago. I pass those antique shops regularly. Shame he didn't mention or show the 600 yr old Kings Arms pub on the left. FYI actress Cameron Diaz was visiting and had lunch there with her husband in January 2023. She was filming nearby not far from Shere, the location of a former film she appeared in ('The Holiday'). 😄
I live pretty close to Farnham but in Hampshire, not Surrey. Farnham also has a castle, which is around 900 years old, where many monarchs have visited in its time. Films/TV show have been filmed using Farnham's scenic locations, from the original Gladiator, The Witcher, to House of the Dragon, and many more. I work in Leatherhead, although it is a horrible commute for me, so luckily I get to WFH the majority of the time.
I've lived in Reigate for ten years and have yet to visit the caves! They're only open on certain days of the year. I hear they're very interesting, though.
I went to college in Weybridge between 2009-2011. Was born in Chertsey in 1992. Worked in Staines during COVID. I work in Guildford now and tbh it is really nice to me. Absolutely love the cobbles. I live in Woking im not surprised it didn't make the list😂
Hi love your channel, I live at Farnham surrey which is about approx 8 miles from Guildford . Farnham is an old country market town which specialised in growing the hops for making of beer ,which was consumed instead of water which could be contaminated .Just outside Farnham (the ham which relates to hamlet small village) is the ruims of a monastery which was founded circa 1100 odd called Waverley ,and at Farnham they have found Roman remains also .They have the name of Surrey in New ZEALAND ,Australia ,Canada, and I think USA, remember the film with the song ,the Surrey with the fringe on top,thats taken from the old horse wagons of the county of Surrey England . Keep churning out your channel its good stuff Connor !
Another of your questions - you often ask about "chamber". Don't forget it means "room" in french and also most British won't understand your phonetics - it's pronounced "sharmbra" - we use the word a lot in British English because of hotel accommodation on both sides of the Channel.
A tour of my childhood/teen and young adulthood! I know Leatherhead and Reigate well, and I grew up mostly in Dorking…the point at which you said you get excited when you see a British antique shop, the video was showing West Street, Dorking, which is renowned for the number of antique shops it contains. Although I now live on the south coast in Worthing, West Sussex, I still have family living in Dorking, my parents, sister and niece all live within 5 minutes walk of West Street. I’m only surprised the video didn’t show the giant sculpture of the Dorking Cock which sits on a roundabout at the eastern end of town…it has its own Wikipedia entry, and often gets decorated unofficially by locals for various celebrations and events 😂 My dad lived briefly in Godalming, and he was born in Guildford as was I. Guildford’s cobbled High Street is pedestrianised. West Sussex has beautiful scenery and pretty towns and villages too, Arundel being just one. It’s also home to part of the South Downs national park which is worth a look.
Although born in Guildford, I went to Dunottar in Reigate at 11yrs old and I know Dorking and Leatherhead well. We used to go swimming there in the 70's.
Laurence Olivier, one of the greatest English actors of stage and film and known as one of the great Shakespearian stage actors of all time. He also produced and directed films one being Henry V (in colour) about the battle of Agincourt. Olivier plays Henry V. The film begins based as Shakespeare's play being enacted from the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's day. You must watch it Connor! The battle scenes are amazing.
Yes parts of Surrey, and other counties, have been swallowed up by greater London. When I lived there my address was Surrey, but I was in a London Borough 😂
There's a BBC tv show called The Antiques Road Trip, where 2 antique dealers tryand out deal each other by buying and selling antiques to raise money for charity. I don't know if any episodes exist on you tube but if they do you'll get to see inside some antique shops.
I used to live in Farnham, on West Street that was featured, back in the late 60s. Lovely place. My older daughter, Emily, was born there in 1969 although my son, Guthrie, was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, 1971, just over the border - even though we still lived in Farnham. 🙂
A fair few Americans seek out Dorking to find the plaque that marks where one of the Pilgrim Father's lived. Always guessed that's why there's so many antiques shops in West Street. If the RUclipsr had filmed a few metres further along the street he would have caught it in his film. Dorking museum has recently reopened after major refurbishment and is full of fascinating items, as is Guildford museum. shame he didn't film the Dorking Cock on the roundabout! Local yarnbombers favourite target! No mention of either the Dorking or Reigate caves! No mention of Reigate Priory either! Still, it's great to see my home county get some recognition for a change. All the towns he mentioned are easily accessible by train and make great places to visit, but for me it's the countryside, even though it's so close to London, that is most worth exploring.
You asked about rivers. Wikipedia lists all rivers, their sources (i.e.point of origination) to their mouth (where they flow into the sea). Don't forget that many rivers are tributaries which flow into another major river, which then flows into the sea. Just as an example - the river Wey is a principle river in Surrey and it flows into the Thames, which then flows into the huge Thames estuary (which you've discussed before in the past).
I grew up in Haslemere, went to Woolmer Hill school in the 80s, then onto Godalming college for my A levels. Guildford was my destination for many a Friday/Saturday night on the pull!.....😂 I now live in Essex. This brought back so many memories, great post Connor. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was born and bred in Surrey, but we were absorbed into Greater London (only just). Used to go fishing on the River Mole near Box Hill. Been to all of these towns, but only Godalming and Guildford recently. The half-timber houses are known as Mock Tudor. As a kid I would be taken to Guildford by bus as a special day out.
Away from these "home counties" there a plenty of nice places around Britain, especially in Yorkshire (I'm naturally biased with that) it's just sad that our economy an culture is so London/home counties-centric, it's as if nowhere else matters. There was a time when the country was more balanced and the northern towns like Sheffield and Manchester were genuine powerhouses of the world not just Britain.
I moved to Godalming when iwas 15, i had lived near Glasgow. Now that was a culture shock. My brother and i had a amazing time there. I also loved in a amazing clapperboatd house on the cricket pitch,totaly chocolate box even a kissing gate. The red brick was hanging tiles Guildford is on a steep hill The Star is a pub that makes the best steak pies ever. I used to go to Haselmere and Guidfod. My brothers school was in the center of Guildford the school has one of the few chained libraries in the UK.
I used to work in Guildford many years ago and it is indeed beautiful, although the cobbled High Street is quite steep if you're getting on in years as I am. I used to take my daughter to visit the castle and it's grounds when she was little. Guildford and Farnham are connected via a chalk ridge called the Hogs Back which has some very pretty villages off of it. Farnham is also a lovely town with so many old buildings. I still live fairly close to both Farnham and Guildford albeit in a not so pretty town.
My cousin Geraldine lives in one of those villages off the Hog's Back, Shamley Green, which was the setting for a study of domestic cats shown in an interesting TV documentary called The Cats of Shamley Green, showing how cats organise going out on patrol, although people still don't know how the cats communicate this.
Surrey towns, almost all having excellent commuter train links to central London (at least by US standards), tend to be expensive places to live. The average 3-bedded house price in the county is currently the equivalent of just under $900,000. A two-bedroom rental in Weybridge averages at $2500 per month.
To answer your question about Roman coins - because of the roughly 400-year occupation of Britannia by the Roman Empire, and them being a civilization which minted currency in large volumes as a way of spreading political imagery of the current emperor, the coins are actually moderately common. If you find the rarer gold coins, you can still be looking at nearly $10,000 for one in good condition, but at the cheaper end more common and lower value denominations you can buy for... maybe around $50?
I do a bit of metal-detecting from time to time, and find quite a few Roman coins on the Surrey/Hampshire border. Earliest one I've found was AD83 (Domitian) but was minted in Rome. No gold or silver ones yet, but I've seen other people find gold stators just 6 feet from where I was detecting 🙄
Henry III is an odd king. A LONG reign when a lot happened, however we don't know too much about the King himself. A lot of Westminster Abbey was re-modelled during his reign. What we do know we only know due to the scribblings of a monk. He had a waste of space of a father & produced Edward I, who hammered Scots & built a lot of castles in Wales.
Sir Lawrence Olivier was an actor ( a knight of the stage) particularly known for Shakespeare plays, but also performed in successful movies in the 1950s
My hometown is Kingston upon Thames, which was once the county town (administrative centre) of Surrey, but it got sucked into Greater London. So, the postal address is still Surrey, but technically it’s not in the county any more.
@@bencowie3141 yes - it’s an art piece called ‘out of order’ - I love that we made a sculpture to celebrate the passing of a telephone box, calling attention to how often it wasn’t working, and still remember it fondly.
@@pwitney1I remember passing a whole lot of telephone boxes in Kingston about 30 years ago. I had assumed they were unwanted and had been dumped, ready for removal elsewhere! I had no idea they were an art installation. Kingston was the place of coronation for many of the Anglo-Saxon kings of Wessex and England and you can see the ancient coronation stone on which they were crowned. It is worth visiting for that reason alone.
Technically, the county is no longer necessary as part of an address. People only add Surrey to addresses in the likes of Kingston, Sutton, Croydon, Mitcham, etc. because they don't want to admit that they've officially lived in London since 1965! 😉
@@bencowie3141 oh I'd forgotten about those. Used to go to Kingston now and again. I was from a south London council estate, so it was a bit posh for me 😂 I was more a whitgift centre, Croydon type. Although I'm too posh for Croydon these days. It's more like Chicago!
Hi Connor from East Sussex! Here we have two of the regularly named "prettiest towns in the UK": Lewes ruclips.net/video/qhZElcxRzbM/видео.html and Rye ruclips.net/video/-FXZNZ1cRFc/видео.html
He left out Shere (one of my favourite places to have afternoon tea in Surrey), but it's more a village than a town, so for that reason he may have left it out of his list.
Roman coins vary hugely in value, depending on circulation and condition. You can get commonly used Roman coins in good condition for a few pounds, some are close to priceless.
Joolz guides on youtube has amazing walking guides, exploring all parts of greater london. He has a great knowledge and facts on the history of the city. You would live his stuff, im sure.
As a Londoner by birth who moved to Reigate 10 years ago to be closer to work, I can confirm that the town is officially Surrey's answer to Stepford! 😆
Connor, you won't make it visiting all those towns. I've been in all 48 counties, and that's just England - and there's prettiest towns to see in all of them.!! Then what about Scotland, Wales and Ireland.? How many months will you have ????
Oh oh I live in Surrey, my town will not be on here I guarantee 😂 Edit; I was nearly on the list, I live in Redhill and the start of Reigate is across the road from me 😃
We'll allow you to cross the road into Reigate as long as your papers are in order, you promise to behave yourself, and you leave any McDonald's wrappers on your side of the border. 😆
My father did some RAF training at the beginning of the Second World War in Redhill and thought it was a very nice place. He was proud of coming from County Durham, so it must have been nice for him to say that.
Roman coins are ten a penny - well not quite but anything from A few pounds upwards to thousands depending on rarity. It was Peter O'Toole who starred in Laurence of Arabia.
❤ The (sadly late) John Lennon used to live in Weybridge, I believe? (as did euther Paul McCartney or - the now also sadly late George Harrison - at some point, I think). (I could be mistaken re the latter two)
John first lived in Weybridge, then Ringo moved there. George lived in Esher. Paul lived in St John's Wood, London. Later John moved further out to Ascot (Berks) and Ringo to Cranleigh (Surrey) in the late 60s. George moved out to Henley-on-Thames (Oxfordshire). Paul kept his London house but bought farms in Sussex (nr Rye where he still lives) and Scotland.
@@MarkmanOTW Aha ! I Knew I had _most_ of it wrong. Thank you for explaining it far better (& correctly) than I. (Makes me sound like such a feeble old Beatles fan... which is _literally_ what I am - but clearly one with a "dodgy" memory for facts, too. Sorry about that... 😞🏴❤️🖖 Rest In Peace 💔John 💔 & 💔George💔
@@brigidsingleton1596 You're welcome Brigid. I'm a bit of a fan too, growing up with their sound (in Surrey. George married Patti in my home town of Epsom in 1967). Great to see the resurgence of recent interest especially with Generation Y and Z as the Beatles seal their legacy. 🙏😊
@@MarkmanOTW Good to 'hear' you're a Beatles fan too, Mark. I enjoy watching some Reaction videos but I get (maybe unreasonably so, considering this latest age where people's attention spans are so bri !! - Adding an 'e' & an 'f' - unless the latter is attached to a 'u', a 'c' & a 'k' etc, seems too much trouble for most?!) However, I've been surprised (?!) to find a fair few "oldies" like me, commenting on various posts here on YT, and it's nice to not feel so alone in the 'ocean' of the present 'yoof' - who seem to think - I've been reprimanded already this year - for "not speaking proper English" 😳🥺😏🤔🏴 Me?! (Expletive Deleted) lol...but _not_ lol?!
😊 I still can't get used to the way Americans say Surrey (and curry, and maybe hurry?! - like soory, coory etc ?!) How do you say "up" Connor ? If you say "oop" instead of 'up' then that makes your other mispronunciations understandable, (if not still weird!) UP/hUrry/cUrry/SUrrey is easier perhaps?! Anyway... 'The Home Counties' around the outside of the 'Greater London' boundaries do contain some very pretty villages, though some which have "morphed" into larger towns (such as Stained) are a tad less pretty!!) 🤔😏😊❤🏴🇬🇧🖖
There is no such thing as Dollars in the UK, our currency is Pounds Sterling so asking us what the price of Roman coins are and using Dollars is like asking what Roman coins are worth in Chinese currency called Yen. If you are dying to find out what Roman coins are in US Dollars then you should ask a coin expert in the United States. Also Google is a good platform to use to answer your stupid questions that we have no expertise at. 😡😡🤬🤬💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 You don't know who Sir Laurence Olivier is OMG, he is not only one of the greatest actors in British history, he was also known in The United States in American films such as the Jazz singer, the Marathon man and many other American films, but here in his native England he has been in such films as Richard 3rd, Battle of Britain, King Lear, Bridge to Far, the Boys from Brazil and loads more plus he was the greatest Shakespearean actor in history. He is well known around the world including the United States, so you must be living under a rock.
I wasn't expecting this! Guildford (pronounced "Gill-f'd") has been my home town for over 40 years so am very glad you like it, Connor.
Henry III's son, Edward Longshanks (Edward I) grew up in the castle here and his own son, Prince Henry, died here in infancy and was buried in the Dominican Friary.
Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice in Wonderland" wrote the sequel "Alice, through the Looking Glass" here and is buried in the main cemetery, the Mount, overlooking the town. Also buried here, at the Crematorium, is Boris Karloff, the famous (English) Hollywood actor who starred in horror films on the 1930s and created the role of Frankenstein's monster as well as starring in "The Mummy".
The first ever recorded mention of the game of cricket occurred here in the late 1500s.
Alan Turing's parents lived here and he most likely did too.
Godalming (pronounced "Goddle-ming") is nearby, the home of Jack Philips, the radio operator who went down with the Titanic. The Tsar, Peter the Great stayed, incognito I think, at one of the coaching inns (the King's Arms) in the centre of the town in the early 18th century.
This whole area was the setting for the novel "War of the Worlds" by H G Wells and Leatherhead is one of the places where the action takes place.
Waow! Gilford seems like quite a Hall of Fame!
That reminds me of the delightful Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" book, which I reveled in reading a little while ago, and that I'd recommend to anyone who'd like to discover the off-the-beaten-tracks Great Britain.
Bill Bryson is an American writer who traveled through England - NOT by car, but mostly by train, bus, coach, ... and explored every little corner of the country. His "notes" are his impressions as an expat, which he wrote before returning to the USA, and a vivid description of what he saw, experienced and loved.
Highly recommended!
Yay! Another Guildfordian! ❤
Also, an important event in English history for Connor to contemplate. Alfred the Aetheling, son of Aethelred the Unready, King of the English, and brother of Edward the Confessor, was in Guildford when his bodyguard was massacred here (their bones were only rediscovered in the 20th century on the Mount overlooking Guildford) supposedly on the orders of Earl Godwin of Mercia, father of the future king Harold II Godwinson. Alfred was captured and himself murdered soon after in 1036. Might he have been a possible candidate of the right age (around 50-60) to supplant or succeed his younger half-brother Edward the Confessor and thwart the ambitions of William of Normandy (his great nephew Edgar being too young in 1066 to be at the vanguard of resistance)?
Hi, I was born in Guildford in 1965. Forever in my heart.
The Stranglers are a great band.
Laurence Olivier had nothing whatever to do with Lawrence of Arabia (played by Peter O'Toole).
Olivier was an eminent actor. He starred in Hitchcock's "Rebecca", in classic film versions of Shakespeare's Henry V and Richard III, played a Jewish Nazi hunter opposite Gregory Peck's Dr Mengele in "The Boys from Brazil" and as the creepy baddie who pulled out Dustin Hoffman's teeth in "Marathon Man", to name a fraction. He was a legend and something of a chameleon in the roles he played.
He was married to Vivenne Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind".
Perhaps the confusion lies in the name -
It was _T E.Lawrence_ who was the 'real man' behind the story of "Lawrence** of Arabia" - (the English** spelling) whereas
(Sir) Laurence* Olivier, later Lord Olivier - (the French* spelling) was the consumate actor of whom ye speak...(and his father, I believe was an Anglican 'man of the Cloth' - unsure which "rank"! Laurence attended Cambridge University, instead of a seminary, (?) where he "caught the acting bug" and started acting, in the role of a woman (Rosemary?) in the first of his _many_ _many_ Shakespearean roles - do correct me if I'm mistaken, as my memory fails at times like this!)🤔 ❤🏴🇬🇧🖖
Never heard or read that he went to Cambridge University; he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama
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I'm sure he went to Cambridge Uni.
(I was glad he went there instead of Oxford) when I read his autobiography _years_ ago.
Was born and grew up in Chertsey. Used to have a boat on the Thames in the 70s and regularly spent weekends cruising up to Guilford and Godalming.
I used to work in Godalming for a computergame company back in 2001 ... gorgeous area, I live just round the corner.
I was attacked by a fox in Guildford once on a heavy night out on that highstreet. It come out of nowhere and bit-down on the leg of my jeans... I spent the next 10 minutes trying to walk with a fox attached to my leg, got some very funny looks, and had to pose for photos for randoms. 🤣
That's an interesting observation you're making there, Connor, about the Home Counties not always getting all the publicity that they (sometimes) deserve... Depending upon your point of view, south and west are generally considered more favourably than east and north in the UK - which is largely because of the more-favourable weather, and as much of Surrey is Southwest, it is where many of the grandest addresses and most prosperous, well-kept historic towns and villages are to be found! Kent is quite nice in the, largely rural centre and does have certain highlights elsewhere - such as Royal Tunbridge Wells and Edenbridge in its far west; otherwise you are as likely to find its faded seaside towns feature in the 'Turdtowns' channel and others portraying the 'worst places to live in England' listings... Berkshire is fairly similar to Surrey - and inland and, more distant from London parts of Essex along with much of Hertfordshire are quite nice; but I'd give most of the Essex Coast a very wide berth if I were you, as the only redeeming feature of even Southend-on-Sea is the electric railway along the length of what is the world's longest pleasure pier! Apart from towns on the Thames such as Maidenhead, Marlow and Henley, Buckinghamshire is the unfortunate owner of several more 'turdtown'-like destinations including Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Miton Keynes and Slough, where Bedfordshire suffers the great indignity of hosting much-maligned places such as Luton...! The corresponding outer London suburbs that were once within these counties and still largely use them within their postal addresses share similar attributes: Hence, the 'nicest' London Boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Sutton and Croydon are those that were once in Surrey; Bromley and Bexley were in (the 'nicer' part) of Kent, Havering, Redbridge and the northern parts of Waltham Forest; Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Brent and Hillingdon - which together with parts of Haringey and Hounslow were formerly in Middlesex and bordering Hertfordshire (Waltham Forest, Enfield, Barnet), and Buckinghamshire. It is really only within the more prosperous of these that the nice town centres that you like are to be found these days as everywhere else is in sharp economic decline!
As a northerner, I think that the South East 'suffers' from being so near to London. I discovered just how nice Surrey was from visiting my cousin. It is a shame that this video concentrated on towns, as the countryside is gorgeous, the Surrey Hills, the South Downs and the beautiful woodland. I'm told that Surrey has more trees than any other county, which is quite something, as it's not that big. To think, before I went there, I thought it was just a suburban commuter sprawl.
Genuinely shocked Leatherhead resident checking in 😂😂
Conor, Dorking has a street full of antique shops. The Surrey Hills in summer is a lovely place to visit. So many walks and areas of natural beauty. If you’re ever in the area visit Silent Pool Gin distillery near a village called Shere. And the county is blessed with some nice pubs
i was born in st peters hospital chertsey weybridge is lovely a lot of celebrities live in a private estate called st georges hill weybridge surrey
Welcome to my home county. I know these towns welI. I was in central Dorking doing some shopping in the street shown on the video, only several hours ago. I pass those antique shops regularly. Shame he didn't mention or show the 600 yr old Kings Arms pub on the left. FYI actress Cameron Diaz was visiting and had lunch there with her husband in January 2023. She was filming nearby not far from Shere, the location of a former film she appeared in ('The Holiday'). 😄
I live pretty close to Farnham but in Hampshire, not Surrey. Farnham also has a castle, which is around 900 years old, where many monarchs have visited in its time. Films/TV show have been filmed using Farnham's scenic locations, from the original Gladiator, The Witcher, to House of the Dragon, and many more.
I work in Leatherhead, although it is a horrible commute for me, so luckily I get to WFH the majority of the time.
Guildfordian here! This was a great video. If you ever find yourself in Surrey I'd be pleased to show you around.
He didn’t mention the Dorking and Reigate caves. 😁⭐️
I've lived in Reigate for ten years and have yet to visit the caves! They're only open on certain days of the year. I hear they're very interesting, though.
Used to go to box Hill all the time. Great bike meet at rykas.
Also had the cycle race there for the London Olympics.
Yeah I use to luv box hill
I went to college in Weybridge between 2009-2011. Was born in Chertsey in 1992. Worked in Staines during COVID. I work in Guildford now and tbh it is really nice to me. Absolutely love the cobbles.
I live in Woking im not surprised it didn't make the list😂
But what about the scenic Woking tower blocks that remind us all of the councils crippling debt? 😅
@@Shaunstonard haha oh don't remind me of that. Over 2b in debt!
Ahh woking, the only place in Surrey I've been mugged in broad daylight :)
Hi love your channel, I live at Farnham surrey which is about approx 8 miles from Guildford . Farnham is an old country market town which specialised in growing the hops for making of beer ,which was consumed instead of water which could be contaminated .Just outside Farnham (the ham which relates to hamlet small village) is the ruims of a monastery which was founded circa 1100 odd called Waverley ,and at Farnham they have found Roman remains also .They have the name of Surrey in New ZEALAND ,Australia ,Canada, and I think USA, remember the film with the song ,the Surrey with the fringe on top,thats taken from the old horse wagons of the county of Surrey England . Keep churning out your channel its good stuff Connor !
Most of these towns were destroyed by the Martians in HG Wells The War of the Worlds! They've rebuilt them quite well!
Indeed, the Martians landed on Horsell Common, just a few miles S.W of my neck-of-the woods near Farnham.
It’s near Woking. Not the best place but it’s home of The Jam and the Modfather himself, Paul Weller.
@@FreethoughtsOnline How dare they come over here and turn their heat ray on Suella Braverman like that! Should be a law.....!🤣😆👽👽👽
@@CrankyDoodleDandy ...and the infamous Pizza-Express 👀
To the N.W...sorry.
Hi Jibby.
Yes, la chambre is the word for room.
So when you go to Europe, you ask the hotel "je voudrais une chambre".
Another of your questions -
you often ask about "chamber".
Don't forget it means "room" in french and also most British won't understand your phonetics - it's pronounced "sharmbra" - we use the word a lot in British English because of hotel accommodation on both sides of the Channel.
A tour of my childhood/teen and young adulthood! I know Leatherhead and Reigate well, and I grew up mostly in Dorking…the point at which you said you get excited when you see a British antique shop, the video was showing West Street, Dorking, which is renowned for the number of antique shops it contains. Although I now live on the south coast in Worthing, West Sussex, I still have family living in Dorking, my parents, sister and niece all live within 5 minutes walk of West Street. I’m only surprised the video didn’t show the giant sculpture of the Dorking Cock which sits on a roundabout at the eastern end of town…it has its own Wikipedia entry, and often gets decorated unofficially by locals for various celebrations and events 😂 My dad lived briefly in Godalming, and he was born in Guildford as was I. Guildford’s cobbled High Street is pedestrianised.
West Sussex has beautiful scenery and pretty towns and villages too, Arundel being just one. It’s also home to part of the South Downs national park which is worth a look.
Although born in Guildford, I went to Dunottar in Reigate at 11yrs old and I know Dorking and Leatherhead well. We used to go swimming there in the 70's.
Laurence Olivier, one of the greatest English actors of stage and film and known as one of the great Shakespearian stage actors of all time.
He also produced and directed films one being Henry V (in colour) about the battle of Agincourt. Olivier plays Henry V. The film begins based as Shakespeare's play being enacted from the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's day. You must watch it Connor! The battle scenes are amazing.
Yes parts of Surrey, and other counties, have been swallowed up by greater London.
When I lived there my address was Surrey, but I was in a London Borough 😂
There's a BBC tv show called The Antiques Road Trip, where 2 antique dealers tryand out deal each other by buying and selling antiques to raise money for charity. I don't know if any episodes exist on you tube but if they do you'll get to see inside some antique shops.
Hello from Guildford 😊
I used to live in Farnham, on West Street that was featured, back in the late 60s. Lovely place. My older daughter, Emily, was born there in 1969 although my son, Guthrie, was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, 1971, just over the border - even though we still lived in Farnham. 🙂
My grandson lives in Weybridge. Coins value depend on how rare they are. East Sussex where I live in the South Downs is lovely, also West Sussex.
A fair few Americans seek out Dorking to find the plaque that marks where one of the Pilgrim Father's lived. Always guessed that's why there's so many antiques shops in West Street. If the RUclipsr had filmed a few metres further along the street he would have caught it in his film. Dorking museum has recently reopened after major refurbishment and is full of fascinating items, as is Guildford museum. shame he didn't film the Dorking Cock on the roundabout! Local yarnbombers favourite target!
No mention of either the Dorking or Reigate caves! No mention of Reigate Priory either! Still, it's great to see my home county get some recognition for a change. All the towns he mentioned are easily accessible by train and make great places to visit, but for me it's the countryside, even though it's so close to London, that is most worth exploring.
You asked about rivers.
Wikipedia lists all rivers, their sources (i.e.point of origination) to their mouth (where they flow into the sea).
Don't forget that many rivers are tributaries which flow into another major river, which then flows into the sea.
Just as an example - the river Wey is a principle river in Surrey and it flows into the Thames, which then flows into the huge Thames estuary (which you've discussed before in the past).
Tributaries generally flow into a larger River.
Estuaries, large opening end of a river which flow into a sea.
I don't know why, but it means the world to me, that you like my born and bred town of Guildford. Thanks Connor 👍
Never thought I’d ever see my home town on the thumbnail of one of your videos 😂
My daughter and son both went to the University of Surrey (in Guildford). We chose it as it is one of the safest places to live in the country!😊
I grew up in Haslemere, went to Woolmer Hill school in the 80s, then onto Godalming college for my A levels. Guildford was my destination for many a Friday/Saturday night on the pull!.....😂 I now live in Essex. This brought back so many memories, great post Connor. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was born and bred in Surrey, but we were absorbed into Greater London (only just). Used to go fishing on the River Mole near Box Hill. Been to all of these towns, but only Godalming and Guildford recently. The half-timber houses are known as Mock Tudor. As a kid I would be taken to Guildford by bus as a special day out.
I live in Leatherhead, it's often referred to as Leatherdead because of how little there is to do here.
Hi Connor,
You should check out Rye - a pretty medieval village in East Sussex. Memory Seekers have a great video.
Laurence Olivier was a famous British Actor. World famous way back when!!!!
Godalming was in 1881 the first town in the world to have electric street lighting
Proud to have lived all my life in Surrey! Surprised Shere didn’t make the list but I guess that’s a village rather than a town
Away from these "home counties" there a plenty of nice places around Britain, especially in Yorkshire (I'm naturally biased with that) it's just sad that our economy an culture is so London/home counties-centric, it's as if nowhere else matters. There was a time when the country was more balanced and the northern towns like Sheffield and Manchester were genuine powerhouses of the world not just Britain.
Laurence Olivier was a very famous stage and film actor and director . Born in 1907 and died in 1989.
I moved to Godalming when iwas 15, i had lived near Glasgow. Now that was a culture shock. My brother and i had a amazing time there. I also loved in a amazing clapperboatd house on the cricket pitch,totaly chocolate box even a kissing gate.
The red brick was hanging tiles
Guildford is on a steep hill The Star is a pub that makes the best steak pies ever. I used to go to Haselmere and Guidfod. My brothers school was in the center of Guildford the school has one of the few chained libraries in the UK.
I used to work in Guildford many years ago and it is indeed beautiful, although the cobbled High Street is quite steep if you're getting on in years as I am. I used to take my daughter to visit the castle and it's grounds when she was little. Guildford and Farnham are connected via a chalk ridge called the Hogs Back which has some very pretty villages off of it. Farnham is also a lovely town with so many old buildings. I still live fairly close to both Farnham and Guildford albeit in a not so pretty town.
My cousin Geraldine lives in one of those villages off the Hog's Back, Shamley Green, which was the setting for a study of domestic cats shown in an interesting TV documentary called The Cats of Shamley Green, showing how cats organise going out on patrol, although people still don't know how the cats communicate this.
The one in Dorking i was working next door to Pepe's cafe, small world
Best Full English breakfast they serve there!
Surrey towns, almost all having excellent commuter train links to central London (at least by US standards), tend to be expensive places to live. The average 3-bedded house price in the county is currently the equivalent of just under $900,000. A two-bedroom rental in Weybridge averages at $2500 per month.
To answer your question about Roman coins - because of the roughly 400-year occupation of Britannia by the Roman Empire, and them being a civilization which minted currency in large volumes as a way of spreading political imagery of the current emperor, the coins are actually moderately common. If you find the rarer gold coins, you can still be looking at nearly $10,000 for one in good condition, but at the cheaper end more common and lower value denominations you can buy for... maybe around $50?
I do a bit of metal-detecting from time to time, and find quite a few Roman coins on the Surrey/Hampshire border. Earliest one I've found was AD83 (Domitian) but was minted in Rome.
No gold or silver ones yet, but I've seen other people find gold stators just 6 feet from where I was detecting 🙄
Henry III is an odd king. A LONG reign when a lot happened, however we don't know too much about the King himself. A lot of Westminster Abbey was re-modelled during his reign. What we do know we only know due to the scribblings of a monk. He had a waste of space of a father & produced Edward I, who hammered Scots & built a lot of castles in Wales.
Sir Lawrence Olivier was an actor ( a knight of the stage) particularly known for Shakespeare plays, but also performed in successful movies in the 1950s
Olivier was indeed knighted, in 1947, however he was also made a life peer in 1970, so he should be referred to as Lord Olivier.
My hometown is Kingston upon Thames, which was once the county town (administrative centre) of Surrey, but it got sucked into Greater London. So, the postal address is still Surrey, but technically it’s not in the county any more.
Do they still have those telephone boxes in Kingston? Was there on vacation and Kingston was one of places I visited. Nice city
@@bencowie3141 yes - it’s an art piece called ‘out of order’ - I love that we made a sculpture to celebrate the passing of a telephone box, calling attention to how often it wasn’t working, and still remember it fondly.
@@pwitney1I remember passing a whole lot of telephone boxes in Kingston about 30 years ago. I had assumed they were unwanted and had been dumped, ready for removal elsewhere! I had no idea they were an art installation.
Kingston was the place of coronation for many of the Anglo-Saxon kings of Wessex and England and you can see the ancient coronation stone on which they were crowned. It is worth visiting for that reason alone.
Technically, the county is no longer necessary as part of an address. People only add Surrey to addresses in the likes of Kingston, Sutton, Croydon, Mitcham, etc. because they don't want to admit that they've officially lived in London since 1965! 😉
@@bencowie3141 oh I'd forgotten about those.
Used to go to Kingston now and again. I was from a south London council estate, so it was a bit posh for me 😂
I was more a whitgift centre, Croydon type. Although I'm too posh for Croydon these days. It's more like Chicago!
Hi Connor from East Sussex! Here we have two of the regularly named "prettiest towns in the UK": Lewes ruclips.net/video/qhZElcxRzbM/видео.html and Rye ruclips.net/video/-FXZNZ1cRFc/видео.html
Just watched 10 prettiest towns in Essex. Hoping Alex will cover Suffolk soon.
I believe Mr Sherlock Holmes solved a case in Reigate :)
"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
He left out Shere (one of my favourite places to have afternoon tea in Surrey), but it's more a village than a town, so for that reason he may have left it out of his list.
Guildfordean here , if you’re ever over here. Let me know , me and @mrbulky will take you on a tour 😁
Great my home town got top spot pity the hills and nature wasnt shown and our river Way though.
Try to watch a video on lavenham in Suffolk. It’s my local market town,
Grew up in Chertsey, now in Maine. Interested to see this bloke managed to avoid getting his camera nicked by Chertsey chavs.
Roman coins vary hugely in value, depending on circulation and condition. You can get commonly used Roman coins in good condition for a few pounds, some are close to priceless.
Look into Rochester Connor, lovely old high street with lots of history 😊.
Joolz guides on youtube has amazing walking guides, exploring all parts of greater london.
He has a great knowledge and facts on the history of the city.
You would live his stuff, im sure.
As a Londoner by birth who moved to Reigate 10 years ago to be closer to work, I can confirm that the town is officially Surrey's answer to Stepford! 😆
😮😊 Sounds like someone needs to write a book - "wives lives" ?!😊
Connor, you won't make it visiting all those towns.
I've been in all 48 counties, and that's just England - and there's prettiest towns to see in all of them.!!
Then what about Scotland, Wales and Ireland.?
How many months will you have ????
Oh oh I live in Surrey, my town will not be on here I guarantee 😂
Edit; I was nearly on the list, I live in Redhill and the start of Reigate is across the road from me 😃
We'll allow you to cross the road into Reigate as long as your papers are in order, you promise to behave yourself, and you leave any McDonald's wrappers on your side of the border. 😆
My father did some RAF training at the beginning of the Second World War in Redhill and thought it was a very nice place. He was proud of coming from County Durham, so it must have been nice for him to say that.
@AnneDowson-vp8lg Thank you, it is nice here but would never be in a top 10 😊 I like living here 😃
@@andybaker2456 🤣🤣 I promise to be good 🤞
@@cenedra2143 😆
Roman coins are ten a penny - well not quite but anything from A few pounds upwards to thousands depending on rarity.
It was Peter O'Toole who starred in Laurence of Arabia.
❤ The (sadly late) John Lennon used to live in Weybridge, I believe? (as did euther Paul McCartney or - the now also sadly late George Harrison - at some point, I think).
(I could be mistaken re the latter two)
John first lived in Weybridge, then Ringo moved there. George lived in Esher. Paul lived in St John's Wood, London. Later John moved further out to Ascot (Berks) and Ringo to Cranleigh (Surrey) in the late 60s. George moved out to Henley-on-Thames (Oxfordshire). Paul kept his London house but bought farms in Sussex (nr Rye where he still lives) and Scotland.
@@MarkmanOTW
Aha ! I Knew I had _most_ of it wrong. Thank you for explaining it far better (& correctly) than I. (Makes me sound like such a feeble old Beatles fan... which is _literally_ what I am - but clearly one with a "dodgy" memory for facts, too. Sorry about that... 😞🏴❤️🖖
Rest In Peace 💔John 💔 & 💔George💔
@@brigidsingleton1596 You're welcome Brigid. I'm a bit of a fan too, growing up with their sound (in Surrey. George married Patti in my home town of Epsom in 1967). Great to see the resurgence of recent interest especially with Generation Y and Z as the Beatles seal their legacy. 🙏😊
@@MarkmanOTW
Good to 'hear' you're a Beatles fan too, Mark. I enjoy watching some Reaction videos but I get (maybe unreasonably so, considering this latest age where people's attention spans are so bri !! - Adding an 'e' & an 'f' - unless the latter is attached to a 'u', a 'c' & a 'k' etc, seems too much trouble for most?!) However, I've been surprised (?!) to find a fair few "oldies" like me, commenting on various posts here on YT, and it's nice to not feel so alone in the 'ocean' of the present 'yoof' - who seem to think - I've been reprimanded already this year - for "not speaking proper English" 😳🥺😏🤔🏴
Me?! (Expletive Deleted) lol...but _not_ lol?!
Middlesex for life
I thought Shere would feature somewhere.
This must have filmed during COVID cos they are all gridlocked😢😢😢
I live in Haslemere 😊
😊 I still can't get used to the way Americans say Surrey (and curry, and maybe hurry?! - like soory, coory etc ?!)
How do you say "up" Connor ?
If you say "oop" instead of 'up' then that makes your other mispronunciations understandable, (if not still weird!)
UP/hUrry/cUrry/SUrrey is easier perhaps?!
Anyway... 'The Home Counties' around the outside of the 'Greater London' boundaries do contain some very pretty villages, though some which have "morphed" into larger towns (such as Stained) are a tad less pretty!!) 🤔😏😊❤🏴🇬🇧🖖
There are lots of extremely expensive, huge beautiful houses in Surrey.A lot of them have extremely horrible, nasty people living in them
😢 There's a sad truth to the saying,
"riches causes bitches" (though it doesn't always ring true of course...it can sometimes seem that way)😢
There is no such thing as Dollars in the UK, our currency is Pounds Sterling so asking us what the price of Roman coins are and using Dollars is like asking what Roman coins are worth in Chinese currency called Yen. If you are dying to find out what Roman coins are in US Dollars then you should ask a coin expert in the United States. Also Google is a good platform to use to answer your stupid questions that we have no expertise at. 😡😡🤬🤬💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 You don't know who Sir Laurence Olivier is OMG, he is not only one of the greatest actors in British history, he was also known in The United States in American films such as the Jazz singer, the Marathon man and many other American films, but here in his native England he has been in such films as Richard 3rd, Battle of Britain, King Lear, Bridge to Far, the Boys from Brazil and loads more plus he was the greatest Shakespearean actor in history. He is well known around the world including the United States, so you must be living under a rock.
Connor I appolgize for 8143 above ,sounds like a pratt that thinks he knows it all ! Just keep on doing your stuff its good old chap !
Check out places in Wales. We always get forgot about bless us 😂🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Plot twist, Guildford is rank.
The so called stockbroker belt. Who wouldn't want to live there? Err, me.
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