Lyne, Surrey

Lyne is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the Runnymede district of Surrey, England. Its nearest town is Chertsey, centred approximately north-east from the village officially separated by the M25 motorway from the town.HistoryThe village was for the centuries until the early 20th century in the parish of Chertsey. This meant it was a hamlet dominated by landholding of Chertsey Abbey throughout the Middle Ages; and before, as this was one of the earliest religious communities centred on a large building in the country, founded in the mid 7th century. Accordingly, before the Conquest the hundred was named Godley. In the early centuries of this period Chertsey was divided into eight tythings: two of which were Lolewirth/Lulworth or Hardwitch/Hardwicke and Rokesbury or Ruxbury in Lyne. The 16th century replacement to great tything barn is here, close to the present Chertsey proper, that is in the east of Lyne.In 1849 the church was built for the hamlet Lyne and Longcross in Lyne.In 1911 its description was:LandmarksA miniature railway is in the east of the area, close to Chertsey, the Great Cockcrow Hill miniature railway which has train rides for families.In the 17th century Almners was built which gives its name to one of the two long built-up low-rise, low density residential roads containing most of the housing of the village. This is a large house which later became a priory in Roman Catholicism.