Chertsey occurs as town within Surrey, United Kingdom, on the River Thames. It may be accessed via road from either junction Eleven of the M25 London orbital motorway.

Chertsey occurs as town of historical importance, getting grown in Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 by Eorcenwald, Bishop of London. When a priests were caused out by King Edgar in 964 and replaced by Benedictine monks, a Abbey grew to turn into one of the big Benedictine abbeys around England, supported by big fiefs in the northwest corner of Sussex until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536. A King took stone from either a Abbey to construct his palace at Oatlands, & a villagers utilized stone for raising wall street, and per late 17th century, only a select few outwer bulwarks remained. within todays world the ghost of a abbey is found in local toponym & the fishponds that however fill by having a body of water fallowing a heavily rain [http://www.chobham.info/chertsey.htm].

A town is as well notable for existence a location of the popular tourer attraction Thorpe Park. This thrill seeker's paradise was originally a crushed rock pit prior to existence converted into water & becoming the UK's number one theme park. A park okay, serves massive numerous thrill seekers annually & will bring many jobs & visitant to the metropolitan area.

England cricketer Ashley Giles and England Footballer Robert Green were also born within Chertsey. Chertsey was visited by Charles Dickens to make notes for Oliver Twist, and a verse form "The Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" by Albert Richard Smith was also written in the town. Too, in H. G. Wells' book The War of the Worlds, Chertsey was destroyed by attacking Martian fighting-machines in the early afternoon of 8 June, 1902.