Museums · London
Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames — a museum in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Sunbury-on-Thames is a museum in england-london, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Sunbury-on-Thames is a museum located in London. It showcases local history and culture, providing insights into the area's heritage. The museum features a range of exhibits that reflect the community's past and present.
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Background
History
, with stylised head of Apollo and butting bull, 100–50 BC.]] The earliest evidence of human settlement in Sunbury has been the discovery of Bronze Age funerary urns dating from the 10th century BCE in Green Lane, Sunbury Common. There is an important scheduled monument by Rooksmead Road, a prehistoric bowl barrow, known as Cloven Barrow, on low-lying ground that was part of the flood plain of the Thames, now around 1 km to the south. The place-name 'Sunbury' is first attested in one of the many Anglo-Saxon charters, one of to 962, where it appears as Sunnanbyrg. Another charter of 962 lists it as Sunnanbyrig. Sunbury appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sunneberie. The name means…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4230, -0.4240
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Spelthorne
- Parish
- Spelthorne, unparished area
- Postcode
- TW16 7TQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Spelthorne
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- wikipedia: Sunbury-on-Thames (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Sunbury-on-Thames is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4230°, -0.4240°.
- Is Sunbury-on-Thames wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Sunbury-on-Thames. Check ahead for specific facilities.