Old records mostly wrote about men: kings, lords and priests. That doesn't mean women weren't here! These are women connected to Weybridge that we know about. Can you find out about more?
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Dame Ethel Locke King
Lived here
A motor-racing promoter and hospital supporter. She gave land for Weybridge's first hospital in 1889, and was made a Dame in 1918.
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Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
1767–1820
Lived and died here
A Prussian princess who married the Duke of York and lived at Oatlands. The York Column on Monument Green was put up in her memory.
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Elizabeth Hopton
Made something here
She founded a charity school for poor children in Weybridge in 1732.
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Amy Gentry
Made something here
A pioneer of women's rowing. She started a ladies' rowing club in Weybridge in the 1920s and became a champion sculler.
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Madge Syers
1881–1917
Died in Weybridge
A figure skater who was the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships, in 1902, and won Olympic gold in 1908.
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Elizabeth Dawes
1864–1954
Died in Weybridge
A scholar of ancient Greek and Latin, and the first woman to receive a DLitt degree from the University of London.
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Margaret Gillies
1803–1887
Lived here
A painter of tiny portraits and watercolours.
Women were first allowed to join Weybridge Rowing Club in 1910.