Leatherhead is a small town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole, Surrey. It is thought to be of Saxon origin. Located in the centre of the county of Surrey and at a junction of ancient north-south and east-west communications, the town has been a focus for transport throughout its history. Initially there was the construction of the bridge over the River Mole in the early medieval period. Later the Swan Hotel provided 300 years of service to horse driven coaches.

From the original description - Six mills are mentioned in Fetcham Parish at the Domesday Survey ; the one remaining occupies the site of one of these ; its mill pond is probably unique in having no water led into it, being fully supplied by springs rising either from the buried river or the high land on the south-west-possibly from both ; though the surface of the pond is high above the river here, it is eighteen feet below the level near Mickleham bridge. I have drawn a view of the old bridge from a new structure of iron lower down which carries the road leading to the railway stations, but does not materially assist the beauties of the landscape. The wooded slope below the church tower is the gardens of the Mansion " and the "Lynk House." A footpath by the riverside leads over some meadowland to Randalls Park.