Talk:Leith Hill

message: "Mr Eveleyn of nearby Wotten Hall" should this be "Mr Evelyn of nearby Wotton Hall.  There were famous Evelyns in the nearby village of Wotton. Stamford spiney 12:32, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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message: The tower was a sight to behold, especally after that long climb. Hidden by the trees at first, it slowly emerged into view and I could see I was at the top of the hill.
The time was about 4:30pm, and the tower closed at 5pm. ut after getting all this way, I wasn't going to just leave, so I bought a ticket and made my way up the tower along a very narrow and dark stone staircase. Along all the walls countless carvings and scraches had been made in the stonework, each reveling a past visistor to the hill. The oldest one I could find was from 1969, although I dare say there are much older ones there. And yes, the temptation was too great to resist and I added my own, SHADOW, to the collection, inspired by a carving I had seen at Box Hill that read: "DRAGON, 10 V 56".
Half way up the tower I came to a two small rooms. It was basically an information centre, with leaflets and poasters about Leith Hill, the tower and the national trust. The most entertaining things in this room included and light up map of the area and a talking notice board.
Moving on and upwards, it was another dark set of stairs before I reached the top, and emerging from a tiny wooden doorway I steped out onto a landing surrounded by views in every direction. A telescope sat in the far right corner and after wasting 20p on a thirty second use of it, I stopped and just admired the views. It was lovely up their, with a light cold October breeze and the orange sun settting behind a blanket of thick grey colud streaching accross the horision. I could really imagian myselfe living somewhere like this in simpler times. But like all things this dream had to end, and it wasn't long before it was closing time at the tower. As I was the last and only person still up there, I was given the honor, after having a chat with the national trust volonteeire on the ground from the top of tower, to close up and lock all the doors as I made my way down. Think outside the box 14:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Climbing to Leith Hill Tower 27th October 2006

message: The height was given as 294m/965ft in the infobox and 295m/968ft in the main article. I have corrected the latter, as 294m is correct according to the OS maps. (NB the older, imperial maps also back this up, giving the height as 965ft). 143.252.80.100 13:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: There is some debate as to whether Aethelwulf fought the vikings here.  Stenton claims it definitely was not here as Ockley was not referred to by this name until several centuries later.  The Buckinghmashire village of Oackley is seen by some as a more likely candidate.  Altered the wording to add that it is not certain.Robruss24 13:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Acleah 

message: It is well documented from his letters that Charles Darwin stayed several times at Leith Hill Place and conducted several field studies there.  He particularly worked on worms and their effects on the soil.  There are 3 'worm stones' still in place nearby.  He also conducted some research on soils in and around the nearby Roman Villa at Abinger.
Finally, he communicated with Russel Wallace whilst he was staying in Rose Hill in nearby Dorking.
Unfortunately, I only have second-hand sources for this information (a private lecture at a local society).  Does anyone have acces to sources for this?  It would be an interesting addition to the article.Robruss24 (talk) 08:54, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charles Darwin at Leith Hill Place 

message: Does anyone have a source which says which 13 counties can be seen from Leith Hill? I'd guess there are about 9 obvious ones: Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, London, Essex, Herts, Bucks. What are the other 4? SP-KP (talk) 16:57, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Currently Sussex is technically 2 counties, east and west, and London has 2 separate administrative areas (City of London and Greater London) which brings it up to 11. I'd hazard a guess that some of the Chilterns can be seen with a telescope, (too much heat haze today) which might bring in Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire as the last 2. Will go up there when it's clear and work it out  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.24.252.178 (talk) 18:12, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the National Trust claims that 13 counties were visible back in 1905 (not today). (Trees have grown up and there have been some boundary changes since.) There's a display in the tower itself, which lists them all.  (You can see the list in this video around the 4:40 mark.) The counties are: Surrey, Herts, Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berks, Oxfordshire, Bucks and Bedfordshire. (IMHO Dorset and Wiltshire are too much of a stretch and I am surprised that London and Middlesex are not listed instead!) Mertbiol (talk) 15:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which 13 counties? 

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