 elstead is a semi-rural and civil parish in surrey, england with shops, houses and cottages spanning north and south sides of the river wey; development concentrated on two roads that meet at a central green. it includes pot common its southern neighbourhood. hamlets in the parish, marginally separated from the village centre, are charleshill and elstead common, both rich in woodland. elstead is on the b3001 about  west of the a3 milford interchange and lies between farnham and godalming. ==history== thumb|800px|center|the village green elstead at the junction of the b3001 and the thursley road, rather than the green by the church. north to the centre, south at each wing elstead's relative prosperity over the centuries can be partly attributed to the existence of the availability of a site for a watermill and a bridge over the river, parts of the bridge are dated to around 1300. the first known reference to elstead is in the 1128 foundation charter for waverley abbey (sometimes spelt waverly), where it was called helestede. the church of st james was built around ten years later. it still contains 13th century windows and some 14th century timbershistory of elstead church and is a grade ii* listed building. left|thumb|elstead old bridge, built circa 1300 in the 14th century, the scheduled ancient monument bridge was built over the river wey. today this old bridge, strengthened by surrey county council in 1993, takes the westward traffic; eastward traffic takes the new bridge alongside. elstead had a forge which was built in 1686 but is now a private house. elstead mill, now a pub and restaurant, was occupied by oliver cromwellâs âroundheadâ army during the english civil war but subsequently burnt down. the present structure is therefore supported by its architecture listed as
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