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Bronze-age peoples tended to use and settle the higher ground.
Early Bronze Age cremation urns were found close to the house and it is
possible that they were ploughed and washed down from a barrow on the
hill to the southwest.
From the Iron Age to medieval times the location probably evolved as
many did in this part of Surrey - along a small stream. It is difficult not to
conclude that the location is centred on a valley-bottom system: not at
all like the dry open areas seen in the Windsor and New forests. The
areas suitable for Henry's 'chase' appear to be limited - perhaps
viable only in the southwest corner.
The post-medieval Chobham-Chertsey road skirts the southern border of
the park but it appears that it may once have continued straight through
the park. There is a belief that it was once of Roman origin -
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Langshot was enclosed and Gracious Pond dammed by Chertsey Abbey in
the early 14th century.
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