Ockham, Surrey

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Ockham is a small English village near East Horsley, in Surrey, south-west of London. Most notably, Ockham was the birthplace of William of Ockham, famous philosopher -- the proponent of Ockham's Razor. More recently, Ada Lovelace lived at Ockham Park.

Ockham possesses a small church, a memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War and World War II, a cricket club [1] and a pub called The Hautboy.

The village gave its name to HMS Ockham, a Ham class minesweeper.

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