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[edit] Staines or Egham Hythe
The Lagonda works (at one time anyway) were technically in Egham Hythe, just over the river from Staines, on the site that is now Sainsbuy's. This article says Lagonda was founded in Staines. Were Lagonda always on the Egham Hythe Sainsbury's site or did they begin elsewhere in Staines? The Egham Hythe article mentions Lagonda and links to here, but I'm unsure how this Lagonda article could best link back to Egham Hythe. Claval 17:54, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Have now added to the See Also section. Claval 23:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Before World war I the cars (and preceding motor bikes) were made in the sheds and greenhouse in Wilbur Gunn's garden. The only address I have for this is Staines, on the Surrey side.Malcolma 18:48, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Interesting, where about's was Wilbur Gunn's back garden? The "Surrey side" of Staines, as you call it, is what I understand to be Egham Hythe. South of the Thames, i.e. on the other side of the Thames to central Staines, equals Egham Hythe. Some addresses in Egham Hythe do have Staines as their postal town though which leads to frequent confusion and as all the different areas sort of run into each other around there, people often (but wrongly IMO) refer to that area as Staines. However the Thames is a county boundary (Surrey/Middx), a local authority boundary (Runnymede/Spelthorne), a parish boundary (Egham Hythe/Staines), and a diocese boundary (Guildford/London). The only thing the two sides of the river seem to have in common is that nowadays they are both under Surrey County Council. I think of it being a bit like Newcastle and Gateshead. Claval 01:28, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
