Wormley, Surrey Explained

Type:Village
Country:England
Coordinates:51.1362°N -0.6464°W
Official Name:Wormley
Map Type:Surrey
Shire District:Waverley
Shire County:Surrey
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:South West Surrey
Post Town:Haslemere
Postcode District:GU8
Postcode Area:GU
Dial Code:01428
Os Grid Reference:SU947383
Static Image:King Edward's School, Witley - geograph.org.uk - 1572866.jpg
Static Image Caption:King Edward's School

Wormley is a village in the civil parish of Witley and Milford, in the Waverley district, in Surrey, England, around Witley station, off the A283 Petworth Road about SSW of Godalming.

History

Expansion from archetypal hamlet

Wormley developed primarily as a result of the construction in the 19th century of Witley station, on the Portsmouth Direct line. King Edward's School, Witley once had its own station platform.

Former businesses

Cooper & Sons Ltd owned the Combelane walking stick factory; this was replaced by houses with small gardens and a light industrial estate. The Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory was here from 1952 to 1995, housed in the former Admiralty Signals Establishment building on Brook Road.[1] The only public house, the Wood Pigeon, closed in 2007.[2]

Architecture and gardens

King Edward's School is a Grade II listed building, the school war memorial is also Grade II listed. Gertrude Jekyll designed the gardens at Tigbourne Court and Wood End, houses both designed by Edward Lutyens.[3]

Notable former residents

References

  1. Web site: Oceans Wormley . Oceans Wormley . 1 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Lost Pubs in Witley, Surrey . The Lost Pubs Project . 1 February 2019.
  3. Book: Brown, Jane . 1982 . Gardens of a Golden Afternoon. The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll . 164 . Allen Lane . London . 0-7139-1440-8.
  4. John . Angela V. . 25 May 2006 . Tuckwell, Gertrude Mary . 10.1093/ref:odnb/36572 .
  5. News: Driscoll-Woodford . Heather . 4 November 2009 . Stories from an English village . BBC News . 8 October 2023 .
  6. Book: De Bernières, Louis . 2010 . Notwithstanding . Afterword . Vintage . 0099542021.
  7. News: Nikkhah . Roya . 4 October 2009 . Louis de Bernieres: 'These are my stories of a vanished England' . The Telegraph . 8 October 2023 .

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