is the building. It was managed by the Hambledon Poor Law Union, formed in 1836. An infirmary block and a mortuary were built to the north of the site in the 1870s, and these buildings later became Hambledon Hospital, which closed in 1948. The buildings were used by Surrey County Council as an old peoples home until the early 1970s. The buildings were then used by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences until the 1990s when the site was acquired by property developers Berkeley Homes and redeveloped for residential use. Its workhouse survives converted into apartments. To the north at Hydestile, within Hambledon's boundary, is the site of two former hospitals, King George V Hospital and St. Thomas' Hospital. This site has now been redeveloped. Geography The village is SSW of the county town of Surrey, Guildford, and south of Godalming, which is the administrative centre of the borough of Waverley. In the centre of the civil parish are the greatest number of buildings, mostly linear. Hambledon is centred on a high watershed between the English Channel and North Sea. Two watercourses ultimately drain the village, neither in the parish, the River Wey and the River Arun, the former having a small stream, the West Brook of Godalming, which rises here. In Hambledon's northern part (and south of it) are uplands of the Greensand Ridge, which can be explored using roads (in places) or the long-distance path, the Greensand Way. Demography and housing The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free). Notable residents Martin Caroe, architect W. D. Caroe, architect Winton Dean, Handel Prize-winning musicologist Sir John Fletcher, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead Robin Harrison, Warden of Merton College, Oxford Evelyn Hellicar, architect Damon Hill, Formula One World Champion Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP for South West Surrey Bruce Stocker, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University Christopher Trace, Blue Peter presenter Ronald McKinnon Wood, Chairman of London County Council Derivations In Sydney, a cottage was built by