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Wey

River in Hampshire and Surrey, England; length 55 km/34 mi. It rises in two streams in the Hampshire and Surrey uplands and flows northeast past Godalming and Guildford into the River Thames at Weybridge.

Wey is also the name of a short river in Dorset, southwest England (length about 20 km/12 mi), on which the coastal resort of Weymouth lies.

In 1635 a 10-km/6-mi stretch of the river was made into a canal, and in 1760 this was extended by a further 2.5 km/4 mi to run from Godalming to Weybridge; the canal section was presented to the National Trust in 1963.



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From Ripley until I came through Pyrford I was in the valley of the Wey, and the red glare was hidden from me.
" "Then we give them the shoot gun," says Xury, laughing, "make them run wey.
At Weybridge, the Wey (a pretty little stream, navigable for small boats up to Guildford, and one which I have always been making up my mind to explore, and never have), the Bourne, and the Basingstoke Canal all enter the Thames together.
 
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