History

Originally a relatively small 19th century estate based on "Wentworths" (now the Club house), it was the family home of the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington. In the 1850's Ramon Cabrera, an exiled Spanish count, acquired the property. After his death his English wife, the Countess de Morella, bought most of the adjacent lands to form the present Wentworth Estate. Some of the current road names are reminders of these former owners.

In 1923, W.G. Tarrant, a builder who was also responsible for developing similar estates in northwest Surrey - St George's Hill, Weybridge and Hockering, Woking, acquired development rights. The development was envisaged as large houses in at least one acre of garden with easy access to the golf course. Higher density housing was proposed in the areas nearer to Virginia Water station and the shops. Development proceeded steadily up to the Second World War and was resumed soon afterwards, so that by the early 1960's the greater part of the available land had been utilised.

During the war the ownership of the Estate had passed from Tarrant to Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd. In 1962, a committee of residents and the company promoted a private act of Parliament and, after lengthy negotiations, the Wentworth Estate Act 1964 was given Royal assent on 31^st July of that year. The Act established the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee, which would be appointed by members of the Wentworth Residents' Association.