| AD | ||
| 1901 Death of Queen Victoria | 1900 | 1901 Queen Victoria's funeral train seen at Ashtead |
| 1906 Parliamentary Labour Party formed
1907 Einstein proposes his Special Theory of Relativity |
1906 St George's Church Built
1907 Curate Rev Phillips observes stars | |
| 1910 | ||
| 1914-18 The 'Great War' in Europe
1922 Birth of the BBC broadcasting from '2LO' |
1920 | 1915 1,500 Royal Fusiliers train in Ashtead
1924 Peace Memorial Hall opened |
| 1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany | 1930 | 1932 Plan for 30,000 population |
| 1939 Hitler invades Poland - European War begins
1942 Japan & USA at war 1943 Russians defeat Hitler at Staligrad after siege1945 Allied Victory. United Nations set up |
1940 | 1940 St Giles' School badly damaged by bomb. Classes in St Giles' Church
1942 Rev Alan Cooper becomes Rector. Church life transformed |
| 1948 Creation of Israel in Palestine | 1950 | 1948 Railways nationalised at British Railways |
| 1960 | ||
| 1969 Man on the moon | 1970 | |
| 1984 IBM introduces a 1 Megabit RAM memory chip | 1980 | 1984 M25 opens |
| 1990 | ||
| 2000 Millennium Celebrations. Olympics in Sydney | 2000 | 1999 St George's Church closed for refurbishment and extension of halls |
Moving into 2001 brings us to the end of our series of timelines.
Many thanks to local historian Howard Davies for his advice and assistance.
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See also the 
Harvest 2000 magazine article for part 3 of this series: What was it like in Ashtead? 1800-1900 AD
See also the Christmas 1996 magazine article The History of Stede
See also list of Past Rectors & Vicars of the Parish of Ashtead who have been here since 1282
See list of other 'Historical' articles from
See also 'Millennium, Jubilee 2000 & Make Poverty History' articles
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