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Runnymede is a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca with boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England — but burg status of Surrey, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. Its council is based in Addlestone .

It is named after a meadow on the South bank of the River ThamesThis article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames The Thames ( pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. Course The Thames has a length of, in the parish of EghamEgham is a small town in Surrey in south east England, situated south west of London and close to the M25 London orbital motorway. It is part of the London commuter belt. Royal Holloway, University of London is situated in Egham. Administratively it is in. It is celebrated in connection with the signature of Magna Carta1215 placed certain checks on the absolute power of the monarchy. Magna Carta ( Latin: Great Charter , written in 1215, is an English charter which limited the power of English Kings, specifically King John, from absolute rule. In effect, Magna Carta requ by King John on June 15 1215.

It has been disputed whether the ceremony took place actually in the meadow or on Charter Island lying off it. The charter itself indicates Runnymede by name, but this may have included the island, which is the traditional site and was in 1217 the meeting-place of Henry III and Louis (afterwards Louis VIII) of France.

Cooper's Hill, a large house overlooking Runnymede and the River Thames, has played a number of roles - as the Royal Indian Engineering College , wartime Post Office headquarters, storage for the Statue of Eros during World War Two, an emergency training college, Shoreditch College - a centre for craft and handiwork education, and most recently, Brunel University's internationally famous design school.

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.