The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers 707 acres (2.86 km) and is 45 ft (14 m) above the surrounding area.
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👉 Queen Mary Reservoir in the context of Borough of Spelthorne
Spelthorne is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Staines-upon-Thames; other settlements in the area include Ashford, Sunbury-on-Thames, Shepperton, Stanwell and Laleham. It is named after the medieval Spelthorne Hundred which had covered the area.
The borough is largely urban; although outside the boundaries of Greater London, it is almost entirely inside the M25 motorway which encircles London. The borough contains several large reservoirs, including the Wraysbury Reservoir, Staines Reservoirs and Queen Mary Reservoir, which all supply fresh water to London and surrounding areas.
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Queen Mary Reservoir in the context of Spelthorne Hundred
Spelthorne was a hundred (dated subdivision) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. It contained these parishes and settlements:
- Ashford
- East Bedfont
- The hamlet of Hatton
- Feltham
- Hampton
- The settlement of Hampton Hill developed in the 19th century
- Hampton Wick
- Hanworth
- Laleham
- Littleton since the 1970s contiguous with Shepperton
- The chapelry of Astleham/Aslam. In the 1930s replaced with the Queen Mary Reservoir.
- Shepperton
- Staines
- Stanwell
- The hamlet of Stanwell Moor, since the 20th century a village without a church
- Sunbury
- The hamlet of Upper Halliford, today a village, joined postally with Shepperton
- The hamlet of Charlton, joined postally with Shepperton
- Teddington
- Part of the neighbourhood of Fulwell, once a single-ownership estate, by consensus spreading south to around to its railway station
The present-day district of Spelthorne in Surrey amounts to about 59% of the hundred. The eastern parts since 1965 form parts of the London boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames.