Short answers, pulled from the story.
Leith Hill near Dorking stands as the highest point in the county at 295 metres above sea level. It also serves as the second highest point in southeast England after Walbury Hill in West Berkshire.
The administrative county of Surrey formed in 1889 when the Provisional Surrey County Council first met. This council consisted of 19 aldermen and 57 councillors assuming responsibilities previously exercised by justices in quarter sessions.
Areas forming Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Sutton, and Richmond south of the Thames transferred from Surrey to Greater London in 1965 through the London Government Act 1963. Further reform under the Local Government Act 1972 took place in 1974 abolishing administrative counties.
Waverley Abbey near Farnham was founded in 1128 and became England's first Cistercian monastery. Over the next quarter-century monks spread out from here to establish twelve new houses across southern and central England.
Surrey holds the distinction of having the densest woodland cover in England at 22.4 per cent. This figure dwarfs the national average of 11.8 per cent with Surrey Heath district recording tree cover reaching 41 per cent in 2020.