What was it like in Ashtead? 1800-1900 AD
	Life Beyond Ashtead AD Life in Ashtead 1805 Nelson killed at Battle of Trafalgar 1800 1802 Wyburd produces complete map of Ashtead 1815 Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated   1818 Col and Mrs Howard inherit Manor 1830 Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened   1830 St Giles' Church fully restored: new east Window 1833 Abolition of slavery in British Empire   1846 Col Howard dies; Mary holds Manor till 1877 1851 First complete UK population census - total 18 Million 1850 1851 Church attendance census: 260 at am & 245 at pm services in St Giles' Church 1854 Crimean War; Florence Nightingale nurses the wounded   1852 Ashtead Church School founded 1856 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln President of the USA   1859 The railway comes to Ashtead 1860 Agates Farm 374 acres in West Ashtead 1868 Disraeli & Gladstone alternate as Prime Minster for many years   1872 Death of William Legge, Rector since 1826 1876 First telephone invented by Alexander Bell   1879 Sale of Ashtead Estate after death of Mary Howard 1885 First car invented by Benz   1886 First issue of Ashtead Parish Magazine - cost 1 penny 1899 Boer War in South Africa begins 1900 1899 Lucas, Rector, sees need for new church [the future St George's] as population increases
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