Woking
Basingstoke Canal St John's Bridge rebuilt as an iron Girder Bridge in 1899. Also called Kiln Bridge. Wharf for commercial use here which led to the growth of the community of St.John’s.Rowbarge Pub....
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Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey eventually. Also called the Stanford Brook.Hook Heath Stream from a bank - holy well Holly Bank Methodist...
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Bridley or Crastock ManorAcquired in 1240s by Fulk Basset, Bishop of London and Lord of Woking. Before that it had been part of Pirbright.Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and...
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Horsell BirchOn a downward slope which eventually gets to the centre of WokingBirch HouseCommon Field – in the area between here, Parley Brook and Bullbeggars Lane. Still called that in 1854. It...
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Goldsworth nurseries site Goldsworth Nurseries founded in 1760 by James Turner and in the early 19th taken over Robert Donald. He was a friend of Loudon and in the 1850s he laid out Brookwood...
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Golf Club RoadBuilt by the Necropolis company to open up the area and turn it into something posh. The name of the road indicates the sort of ambience expected.Holly Bank RoadBuilt by the Necropolis...
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Hook HeathWoking was divided administratively into seven tithings from the 14th. This area was Hale End.Saunders LaneSlightly wider verges indicates an old green.
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Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey eventually. Also called the Stanford Brook.Prey HeathThe road was widened and improved and straightened...
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Bullbeggars LaneWapshot FarmWell FarmChurch HillSt.Mary’s Church. Westminster Abbey built this church for their tenants here built in the 14th century and from then are the tower, south aisle and...
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Abbey RoadBuilt in two phases in 1892 and 1897 after Abbey Farm was sold in 1890.Basingstoke CanalArthur's Bridge Wharf for commercial use hereThis stretch goes from Woking Common to Arthurs Bridge...
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College LaneIn the 17th and 18th a very rough area full of tinkers and squatters and the whole area was made up of huts and sandpits and so on. Cut off by the railway by deep cuttings. Then it was...
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Edgley RoadIn the 19th there were wide verges on either side of the road working towards Smarts Green. Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey...
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Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey eventually. Also called the Stanford Brook.MayfordA distinct manor which Fulk Basset, Bishop of London and...
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Basingstoke CanalThis stretch goes through the boggy valley of the Rive ditch and then across Woking Common. Wheatsheaf Bridge over the Basingstoke Canal on Chobham Road original brick bridge survived...
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Basingstoke CanalThis stretch goes through the boggy valley of the Rive ditch and then across Woking Common to Arthur’s BridgeHorsell Wharf, first to open for tradingChertsey RoadOriginally domestic...
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Claremont AveneBuilt in 1887 from Guildford Hill to Elm Bridge to open up the land for building and provide a route from Woking Village. Called after the home of the Duchess of Albany who laid the...
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Bonsey LaneLower West Field,one of the Woking Common Fields, stretched from here to the Hoe Stream.Hoe StreamDrains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey...
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Golf RoadIt goes across the edge of the golf courseHayes Lane Named from Hays Farm and marked thus on the Ordnance Survey map of 1816 or Hays House on the 1878 map, from Old English ‘hxs’ - "land...
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Chaldon Common LaneThe common was also called Willey Heath. Enclosed in 1865.. Its length and straightness is typical of roads laid down following enclosure. Later called New Road or Brickfield...
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Chaldon RoadGolden Lion. Car park was once a skittle alley.Town EndWas originally called The Causeway
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