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a market-town in the Guildford parliamentar division of Surrey, England, 43 m. S.W. from London by th London & South-Western railway. It is situated in an elevate valley between the bold ridges of Hindhead (895 ft.) and Black down (918ft.). Their summits are open and covered with heath but their flanks and the lower ground are magnificently wooded The hills are deeply scored by steep and picturesque valleys, o which the most remarkable is the Devil's Punch Bowl, a hollo of regular form on the west flank of Hindhead. The invigoratin air has combined with scenic attraction to make the district favourite place of residence. Professor Tyndall built a house o the top of Hindhead, setting an example followed by man others. On Blackdown, closely screened by plantations, Aldworth, built for Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who died here i 1892. George Eliot stayed for a considerable period at Shotter mill, a neighbouring village. Pop. of Haslemere (1901), 2614 of Hindhead, 666.