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Aden appears quite late in the records - is first mentioned in 1540.  It seems to have been an small estate rather than a proper manor since there are no records of manorial courts.

The estate seems to have been centred around the north of the village centre; between Benham's Corner and the junction with Chertsey Rd.  The 1873 OS map shows significant landscape water features, perhaps even a moat, around Chobham House which in later times was probably the main house.

The following is a transcription from the The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, Published for the Institute of Historical Research (London: Oxford University Press, 1902, repr. 1967).  Edited by H.E. Malden.   For footnotes see the complete document on the 'Sources' page.

ADEN

is a house and small estate in Chobham sometimes called a manor in title-deeds. A John Ardern held land in Chobham in 1331⁶³. John Danaster, baron of the exchequer, died seised of the manor of Aden in 1540⁶³ His daughter Ann, then aged two, afterwards married Owen Bray second son of Sir Edward Bray of Shere. Their son Edward had a son Owen,⁶⁴ whose daughter married a Mr. Sear, and their daughter married Mr. Johnson. The manor was sold to General Broome, and then to Mr. Jarram the vicar of Chobham in 1808. It passed through four more owners to Miss Perceval, the present owner. The house was rebuilt on another site, and is now called ‘Chobham House’. The mill, which was part of the estate, was sold separately by Captain Sanders in the 19th century, and is now owned by Mr. F. W. Benham.