Spelthorne
| Borough of Spelthorne | ||
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| Non-metropolitan district, Borough | ||
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| Motto: Ad Solem Prospicimus (Latin: We look towards the Sun) |
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 Spelthorne shown within Surrey |
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| Coordinates: 51°26′N 0°30′W / 51.433°N 0.500°WCoordinates: 51°26′N 0°30′W / 51.433°N 0.500°W | ||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Constituent country | England | |
| Region | South East England | |
| Non-metropolitan county | Surrey | |
| Historic county | Middlesex | |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district, Borough | |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 | |
| Admin HQ | Staines-upon-Thames | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council | |
| • Body | Spelthorne Borough Council | |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) | |
| • MPs | Kwasi Kwarteng | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 19.75 sq mi (51.16 km2) | |
| Area rank | 280th (of 326) | |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | ||
| • Total | 98,500 | |
| • Rank | 243rd (of 326) | |
| • Density | 5,000/sq mi (1,900/km2) | |
| • Ethnicity | 91.8% White 3.8% S.Asian 1.3% Black 1.7% Mixed Race 1.3% Chinese or Other |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | |
| ONS code | 43UH (ONS) E07000213 (GSS) |
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| OS grid reference | TQ045715 | |
| Website | www |
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Spelthorne is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. It contains the towns and villages of Ashford, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines-upon-Thames, Stanwell and Sunbury-on-Thames. It is the northernmost local government district in Surrey.
Boroughs adjacent to Spelthorne are Runnymede and Elmbridge to the south in Surrey, Windsor and Maidenhead and Slough to the west in Berkshire, and Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames to the north and east in Greater London.
Spelthorne appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Spelethorne, in Middlesex. Spelthorne was a hundred, where local landowners met about once a month. The Spelthorne hundred also covered Poyle, historically a hamlet in the village of Stanwell,Hatton, East Bedfont, Feltham and Hanworth in the modern London Borough of Hounslow and Teddington (not in 1086 a manor) and Hampton (historically including Hampton Wick, Hampton Hill and Hampton Court) in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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