Talk:Weybridge

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I didn't edit out the gratuituous reference to Horace Donisthorpe by User:80.225.79.69, so as not to seem cruel. Bcorr 22:17, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

It isn't gratuitous in this instance; Weybridge has little other distinctions of note, although I'll put in a few other non-donisthorpe details if I can find any. (80.225.79.69)

I am not too sure what happened about the other details, but the article was distinctly "bitty" and needed tidying up! The history Xlink gave quite a good basis for much more detail. I am unfamiliar with Weybridge, and only got here because I saw there was no article about its rail station. There were some instances when xrefs were available and not used. Peter Shearan 18:13, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notable residents

I've cleaned up this list checking what I could. Very little is verifible. Please reinstate anything you can verify. This was the list before. SuzanneKn 18:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Famous current inhabitants of Weybridge include TV & Radio presenter Michael Aspel, singer/songwriter Cliff Richard, golfer David Howell, and Chelsea players Petr Čech, John Mikel Obi, Claude Makelele and Didier Drogba. Richard and Drogba live on St Georges Hill, which was the founding place for the Diggers in the 17th century, whose early attempt at communal life heavily influenced the development of embryonic socialist thought.

Famous past inhabitants of Weybridge include musicians John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Tom Jones and the authors E. M. Forster and Warwick Deeping, the Formula 1 racing driver Jenson Button, the entomologist, Horace Donisthorpe, the footballer Ledley King, and golfer Nick Faldo.

Paul Casey, Bernard Cribbins, Peter Davidson and Max Clifford, Dennis Edward Clark, and various members of Status Quo also lived/live in Weybridge.

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