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The
Roman
road
of
Stane
Street
forms
part
of
the
boundary
of
Cheam.
The
course
of
Stane
Street
through
the
area
is
now
followed
by
the
modern
road
London
Road
at
North
Cheam,
and
designated
A24
on
road
maps.
Cheam's
roots
date
back
to
1018,
when
Chertsey
Abbey
owned
the
area.
In
the
Domesday
Book,
the
Bishop
was
holding
Cheam
to
cater
for
the
monks.
Cheam
appears
in
Domesday
Book
as
Ceiham.
It
was
held
by
Archbishop
Lanfranc
of
Canterbury.
Its
Domesday
assets
were:
4
hides;
1
church,
17
ploughs,
1-acre
(4,000
m2)
of
meadow,
woodland
worth
25
hogs.
It
rendered
Β£14.
In
the
Middle
Ages,
Cheam
had
potteries,
and
recent
excavations
have
been
carried
out
by
archaeologists.
In
1538,
part
of
Cheam
was
handed
over
to
Henry
VIII.
The
same
year,
Henry
began
work
on
Nonsuch
Palace,
which
he
decorated
elaborately.
This
was
later
sold
and
demolished.
In
1801,
the
time
of
the
first
census,
Cheam
had
a
population
of
616
Cheamonians.
In
1259
Henry
III
of
England
made
Cheam
a
town
by
charter.
Records
of
Cheam
Charter
Fair
date
back
to
the
1800s
when
a
fairground
accompanied
the
market.
Cheam
was
the
original
home
of
Cheam
School
which
was
formed
in
Whitehall
in
1645
and
later
occupied
Tabor
Court
from
1719
until
1934
when
the
school
moved
to
Berkshire.
Prince
Philip
attended
the
school
in
Cheam
in
the
years
immediately
preceding
its
move.
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