Editing Weybridge (section)

==Toponymy==
The first written records of a settlement at Weybridge date from the 7th century, when its name is given as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge''.<ref name=Gover_1934_pp98-99>{{harvnb|Gover|Mawer|Stenton|1969|pp=98–99}}</ref> It appears in [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Webrige'' and ''Webruge''<ref name=Surrey_Domesday>{{cite web |url= http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |title= Surrey Domesday Book |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070715015325/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |archive-date= 15 July 2007 }}</ref> and in subsequent surviving documents as ''Waibrigge'' and ''Wabrigge'' (12th century) and ''Wybrugge'' and ''Weybrugge'' (13th century). The name simply means "Bridge over the River Wey".<ref name=Gover_1934_pp98-99/>

[[Oatlands, Surrey|Oatlands]] is first recorded in 1383 as ''Otelands'', which may indicate that the area was used for the [[agriculture|cultivation]] of [[oat]]s.<ref name=Gover_1934_pp98-99/> The earliest written record of Brooklands is from 1548, when it appears as ''Brokeland''. The name probably means "marshy land".<ref name=Gover_1934_pp98-99/> [[St George's Hill]] appears to have acquired its current name in the early 17th century. It is recorded as ''Le Bery'' in 1337 and ''Oldebury'' in 1548. The previous name may derive from the [[Old English]] word ''burh'', which might reference the [[Iron Age]] earthworks on the hill.<ref name=Gover_1934_p97>{{harvnb|Gover|Mawer|Stenton|1969|p=97}}</ref>