circa 1067 Fitz Otha at Windsor
Walter Fitz Otha is put in charge of Windsor Castle and changes the name of his family owning West Horsley to de Windsor

circa 1070 The Conquest
After victory in the Battle of Hastings, William I dominates most of southern England and and strongly persecutes the local Saxons

circa 1070 New name de Windsor
The FitzOtha family change their name to the more aristocratic de Windsor

circa 1070 Walter FitzOtha
West Horsley is given to a Norman baron, Walter FitzOtha, who is also made responsible for Windsor Castle and changes the name of the family owning West Horsley to the more aristocratic De Windsor

circa 1210 Hugh improves West Horsley church
The second Sir Hugh de Windsor greatly improves St Mary's church in West Horsley, providing a new chancel, murals, the first coloured glass in the windows and the font..

circa 1215 Improvements in St Mary's
One of the Windsors spends lavishly on the church in West Horsley, giving a new chancel, the murals, the first coloured glass in the windows and the font

1279 De Berners family
West Horsley is inherited through the female line by the De Berners family

1425 Northwest wing
The earliest surviving part of West Horsley Place has been dated by dendrochronology to 1425

1532 Bourchier debts
John Bouchier dies owing Henry VIII a lot of money, so the king seizes West Horsley Place and estate.

1533 Courtenay new owner
Henry VIII gives West Horsley Place to his cousin and favourite Henry Courtenay

1533 Henry VIII dines in the house
Henry VIII dines in the Great Hall of West Horsley Place as the guest of Henry Courtenay. Stewed sparrow, stork and heron feature on the lengthy menu

circa 1550 Bankside
Bankside becomes Surrey's (now London's) main place of entertainment because the control exercised by the local authorities of Surrey is less stringent than that of the city of London

17-23 August 1559 Royal week in West Horsley Place
Elizabeth I spends a week at West Horsley Place, as guest of honour in festivities given to celebrate her recent accession to the throne

2016 Plan for opera house
Wasfi Kani, the founder and director of Grange Park Opera, plans to build an opera house in the woods just beyond the orchard of WHP