Ockham, Surrey
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Ockham is a tiny English village near East Horsley, in Surrey, south-west of London. The village lies to the east of the A3 which runs between Cobham and Guildford. Other neighbouring villages include Ripley, Wisley and Effingham.
Most notably, Ockham was the birthplace of William of Ockham,[2] famous philosopher - the proponent of Ockham's Razor. More recently, Ada Lovelace lived at Ockham Park.
Ockham possesses a small church All Saints,[3] a memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War and World War II, a cricket club and a pub called The Hautboy.
The village gave its name to HMS Ockham, a Ham class minesweeper.
