REIGATE, a parish, post and market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hundred of the same name, county Surrey, 2 miles from Redhill, 11 E. of Guildford, and 21 S.W. of London. It is a station on the Reading branch of the South-Eastern railway. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, is mentioned in Domesday Book as Cherche felle, and was subsequently called Church-field in Reigate. It is situated upon a rocky eminence, intersected by a branch of the river Mole, and near the head of Holmesdale.
It is a polling-place and petty-sessions town, and formerly belonged to Editha, Queen of Edward the Confessor. After the Norman conquest it came to the Warrens, who founded here an Austin Priory before 1240. The castle, which is considered to have been of Saxon origin, stood on the N. side of the town, and was taken by Louis the Dauphin and the barons in 1216. It was visited by King Edward I., and was demolished in 1648 by order of parliament. The site, which is surrounded by a broad and deep moat, is now laid out as a lawn, with gravel walks, and there is an antique gateway without the moat.
Prior to the Reform Act Reigate returned two members to parliament, from the reign of Edward I., but then was deprived of one, and the boundaries made co-extensive with the
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W1 – Wraysbury Nature ReserveW1–Wraysbury Nature Reserve has come a long way from its humble beginnings, starting life as a gravel pit in the 1920’s. The venue only came into being in the early 20th century. Yet its roots stretch further back. Archaeological excavations in the Wraysbury area have revealed that woolly mammoth roamed the land over 10,000 years ago – perhaps omens of the giant carp that would swim here millennia later. Archaeologists have also discovered evidence of Stone Age settlements from the 3rd century BC, as well as items crafted by Bronze Age peoples around 750 BC. The vestiges of Anglo-Saxon settlements have also been discovered in the shape of Saxon pottery and coinage dating from between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Royal records from the 11th century, meanwhile, show that the King of the time, Edward the Confessor, owned a palace and lands in the Wraysbury area. These incorporated fish markets and ‘garths’ – river weirs for capturing fish – together with fisheries renowned for their excellent eels and salmon. Wraysbury also came to the fore in 1086 AD, when the village, then known as ‘Wirecesberie’, was mentioned in the Domesday Book: the famous survey of England and Wales commissioned by William the Conqueror. By 1422, ‘Wirec
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