Virginia Water
Early-attested site in the Parish of Egham
Etymology
Virginia Water is marked in Bowen's map (1749). It is a fancy name, given to the artificial lake formed here by order of the Duke of Cumberland in 1748 (VCH iii, 420).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bakeham Ho
- Callowhill
- Chincill
- Englefield Green
- Glanty
- Harpsford
- Hummer Lane
- Hythe
- Leatherlake Ho
- Luddington Ho
- Portnall Park and Potnall Wood
- Prune Hill
- Purnish
- Rumshot Hill
- Runny Mede
- Rusham Ho
- St Ann's Heath
- Shrubs Hill
- Swellgutter
- Trottsworth Fm
Other OS name
- Bishopsgate
- Bulkeley Ho
- The Causeway
- Cumberland Gate and Duke's Copse
- Deadpool(lost)
- Denham's Ho
- Hangmoor
- Heath Ho
- Holloway College
- Kingswood
- Langham Place
- Mead Lake Ditch
- Milton Park
- Northcroft Cottage
- Park Ho
- Pooley Green
- Priest Hill
- Queenswood
- Stroude
- Tite Hill
- Towngreen Fm
- Trumps Fm and Trumpsgreen
- Warren Fm
- Wentworth Ho
- Whitehall Fm
- Woodhaw