Compton, Guildford
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Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is about 3 miles WSW of the centre of Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection with fine art an
St Nicholas' Church, Compton.
The Withies Inn
The Watts Gallery, Compton
Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives and poems.
Compton, Guildford
…1665-1720), passing to his widow Anne and then their son John. His son John only had one child Anne, who eloped, and the manor was sold. The ashes of Aldous Huxley were brought from the US on 27 October 1971 and interred in his parents' grave at Watts Cemetery. One of Compton's most notable residents was the artist…
English Heritage blue plaque at 16 Bracknell Gardens, Hampstead, London, commemorating Aldous, his brother Julian, and his father Leonard
Bloomsbury Group members (July 1915). Left to right: Lady Ottoline Morrell (age 42); Maria Nys (age 15), who would become Mrs Huxley; Lytton Strachey (age 35); Duncan Grant (age 30); and Vanessa Bell (age 36)
Aldous Huxley by Low (1933)
The grave of Aldous Huxley in the cemetery at the Watts Cemetery Chapel in Compton in Surrey in 2026