The NEWLANDS LINE, at 132° is 100 ° from the Crooksbury Line, and again starts from Whitmoor Barrow. At 4 Druid Miles (DM) it passes through St John’s Church at Merrow and carries on to Newlands Corner Barrow at 6 DM. These distances are very precise and have been used as the decided criterion of…
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Developments
After sifting through the numerous pages of calculations and speculations accumulated over years of intermittent research it became apparent that a decision must be made to settle on some criterion upon which all this data could be based. There were two lines which stood out from the others as extraordinary – the Newlands line…
Shere Church added to SHERE LINE
Shere Church, dedicated to St James, is lucky to be a rare example of a medieval structure relatively unspoilt by Victorian restoration. It is thought that the earliest parts date from the late 11th century. It almost certainly has Saxon origins, as has Albury Old Church 1DM west. Shere Church from the south From…
Albury New Church added to DEERLEAP LINE
266_7+ Albury New Church The parish church was built in 1842 by McIntosh Brooks based upon a romanesque building in Normandy. Although a recent site it is remarkably accurate in alignment and orientation as can be seen in the plan below. Could the builders have known this when choosing the site? Or could it be…
Sherbourne Stone Circle added under ST CATHERINE’S LINE
This circle was mentioned in “The History and Antiquities of Surrey’ by Manning and Bray, 1809 volume 2 page 123 as follows ‘In the field are five stones, three together, the other two a small distance apart. Largest of the three is 10 foot long, 5’8″ wide and four foot four inches out of the…