1. Chertsey’s History

2. Pre-Historic Times
A clue to Chertsey’s
undocumented history starts
with an insignificant little steel
plate outside St. Peter’s
Church, in Windsor St. This
marks the spot of the old
water spring which was
situated at the centre of the
village before the village
became Chertsey town in
medieval times. This knurled
plate with three holes rests in
the kerb just in front and a
slightly to the left of the cast
iron Victorian pump. This
pump was given to the town
by John Ivatt Briscoe MP.

3. The Romans and Anglo Saxons
The Romans probably had a ford and ferry across the river just to the right
of Chertsey bridge going out of the town. In ancient times the river was
lower when out of flood.

4. The Norman and Medieval Eras
After the Norman Conquest a large
stone Abbey was built in ©1110 in
‘Transitional Norman/ Early English
style’ The Abbey church was an
imposing building 250 ft long and about
the same size as Rochester Cathedral,
and has the chapter house on the north
side in the same manner as the
Cathedrals of Chester, Gloucester, and
Canterbury. The tower and spire, if it
had a spire, would have been seen for
miles around

5. Lumpy Stevens
Edward "Lumpy" Stevens (1735, Send,
Surrey – 7 September 1819, Walton-on-
Thames, Surrey) was an English professional
cricketer who played first-class cricket from c.
1756 to 1789.
He was an outstanding bowler who is
generally regarded as the first great bowler in
the game's history. He was universally known
by his nickname and was always called
"Lumpy" in contemporary scorecards and
reports.
Lumpy Stevens was the person who created
the third stump in cricket when playing for
Chertsey cricket club.

6. Chertsey Cricket Club - A History
1737 - Present Day
Chertsey Cricket Club 1931 - Undefeated - Played & Won 17 Games
Chertsey Cricket Club has a rich, varied and colourful history that stretches back to it's origins in 1737.
The following PDF document describes the origins of cricket at Chertsey.
Chertsey Cricket Club 1891
This includes the influential role our players had in the game's
development. It tells of Lumpy Stevens and the introduction of the
Third Stump. The French Revolution and the Great Lord Tankerville.
As well as this there is other information and characters from the
early days of our beloved sport and club.

7. Modern Times
Thorpe Park adjacent to the town was built on local post
war gravel pits and the dome was opened by Lord Louis
Mountbatten in 1979.
Highlight of the 1970’s in the town was the restarting of the Black Cherry Fair in 1976 by
The Chertsey Chamber of Commerce. The parade came a year or two later, and since
then The Black Cherry Fair on Abbey Fields in Windsor Street has remained the great
day of the year held every second Saturday in July. Moneys raised from the Fair were
donated to the Christmas lights in the town.

8. Website’s which history is taken
from…..
• http://www.chertseycc.org.uk/History.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpy_Stevens
• http://www.chertseylocal.co.uk/History/P3Cher