Runnymede: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Borough of Runnymede
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 270th 78.04 km²
Admin. HQ:	Addlestone
ONS code:	43UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 295th 78,887 1,011 / km²
Ethnicity:	95.0% White 1.9% S.Asian
Politics
Runnymede Borough Council http://www.runnymede.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Philip Hammond

Runnymede is a local government district with borough status of Surrey, England. Its council is based in Addlestone.

It is named after a meadow on the South bank of the River Thames, in the parish of Egham. It is celebrated in connection with the signature of Magna Carta by King John on June 15 1215.

It has been disputed whether the ceremony took place actually in the meadow or on Charter Island lying off it. The charter itself indicates Runnymede by name, but this may have included the island, which is the traditional site and was in 1217 the meeting-place of Henry III and Louis (afterwards Louis VIII) of France.

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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