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the leafy county where London exhales and money quietly buys a hedge
means A historic county in southeast England, just south of London, known for its commuter towns, wooded hills, and well-heeled villages.
from From Old English Suþrige, meaning 'the southern district' (sūþer 'southern' + gē 'region, district') — so named because it lay south of the River Thames and of Middlesex. The same gē turns up in the old name for Surrey's northern neighbour, and the 'southern' label has clung to the place for well over a thousand years.
- royal turf
- Runnymede hosted the Magna Carta signing in 1215
- green crown
- more woodland percentage than any other English county
- famous son
- author H.G. Wells imagined Martians invading its towns
- hill height
- Leith Hill is southeast England's tallest point
- commuter gold
- some of Britain's priciest postcodes outside London
for instance
surrey county cricket club — english county with 18 domestic championship titles, based at the oval in london since 1845