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Chertsey had several evolved names, this one was formerly Lolworth and Rookbury and earliest seen as Hardwitch before settling on Hardwick. A first reference to it Hardwick, a manor, occurs in 1430 when it was held by the abbey and assigned to William Frowyk to farm. As an Abbot's asset, the
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bombs in 1940. One landed on the East side of
Cockcrow Hill, leaving a crater that was not filled-in until late 2019. Another hit one end of the farmhouse and destroyed the kitchen, part of the dining room, a bedroom and part of the attic. The house survived and but was not rebuilt in its original
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In 1963 the farm came up for sale and was bought by veterinarian Dr Carl Boyde. The farm was divided up and a portion of the farm had an impressive miniature railway built on it called 'the
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the farm was held by the
Royalists who lost the war. The victorious Parliamentarians captured the farm and kept a document listing all of the land owned by Parliament. Hardwick Court was
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was routed through two of its fields and separated the farm from
Chertsey, though a tunnel bridge exists to the southeast of the farm allowing the A320 to access Chertsey.
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windows form some of the windows and the right hand portion of the house damaged by enemy action and was rebuilt on rather different lines from the original.
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Boscoes or Bowes, thereafter including the farm and manor of Hardwick. After the war and temporary government (what was termed 'the
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A fire broke out at the south end in 1978 but the damage was repaired and this example of medieval building remains in agricultural use today.
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Hardwick Court Barn on
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