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Guildford Road, LEATHERHEAD, KT23 4JW

Carved stone post by the A246, in parish of GREAT BOOKHAM (MOLE VALLEY District), Guildford Road, opposite Maybury House, amongst trees beside footpath (well back from road), on South side of road. Leatherhead cut stone, erected by the Leatherhead & Stoke next Guildford turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:- : (GUILDFORD / 9) : : (LONDON / 21) : : (LEATHERHEAD / 2½) : : ( ? ) : Milestone Society National ID: SY_GULH09.

Modern and small shopping parade with flats above it, close to the village centre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bookham

Early 18th century manor house (now converted into apartments) in Great Bookham.

Parade of shops sandwiched between the Guildford Road and Lower Shott.

Village sign for Great and Little Bookham on the A246 Guildford Road through Great Bookham installed to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. For wider view, see Image Note the "silent soldier" on the post - part of a commemoration by the Royal British Legion of the centenary of the end of the First World War, with silhouettes of a silent soldier being placed throughout the country.

The A246 Guildford Road through Great Bookham. For close up of the village sign on the right, see Image

Distinctive building at the corner of Guildford Road and High Street. It was formerly the Victoria Temperance Hotel and is now used for "healthcare".

Old cottages, with a Surrey Historic Building plaque, in the centre of the village. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bookham

As April ends we remember the major news stories of the month: April 2 2021– Russia warns NATO against sending any troops to aid Ukraine, amid reports of a large Russian military build-up on its borders; April 9- Prince Philip dies two months short of his 100th birthday; April 18- Twelve football clubs, including six from the UK's Premier League agree to join a new breakaway European Super League; April 19- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars 2020 mission, performs the first powered flight on another planet in history; April 21– COVID-19 pandemic- with global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date; April 30– a stampede leaves at least 45 people dead and dozens injured during the celebration of Lag BaOmer in Mount Meron, Israel

Dorking Road meets Leatherhead Road to the right and Lower Shott to the left. The dead-end straight on is also called Leatherhead Road.