Walton-on-Thames can now claim to have hosted the earliest recorded game of baseball.
Proof that the game is English comes from baseball historian David Block who used a new search system to find the reference in a 1749 newspaper stored in the British Museum.
The Prince of Wales and Lord Middlesex were among the players enjoying “bass-ball”.
The site is Ashley Park Avenue which is turning off the road approaching Walton Bridge.
The discovery was mentioned last week on BBC SouthToday and has now appeared in several papers including the Daily Mail.