Wisley
Wisley | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WOKING | |
Postcode district | GU23 | |
Dialling code | 01932 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Wisley
Geography
Wisley gives its name to the nearby road intersection of the
History
Etymology
Variant spellings of Wiselei (11th century) and Wyseleye (13th century) feature in the feet of fines and similar rolls at Westminster and Lambeth Palaces.[4][5] The phoneme 'wiz' is typically a person's name and lea is another English word meaning meadow (not from Old French but from Old English, however with a similar Old French equivalent).
Domesday Book
Wisley appears in the
There is a maintained medieval track running from Byfleet through Wisley to St Nicholas' Church, Pyrford.[7]
Manorial descent
Oswold, lord of
Fitz Payne died without male heirs; at the death of his wife Ela, in 1355, it passed to her cousin Robert, the second son of
Upon John's death without heirs male of the body, Wisley passed to his cousin Richard Covert, who in 1594 joined with his son Anthony in conveying the manor to the courtier Sir John Wolley and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir William More. Wolley's son Francis inherited the manor in 1596, but died without legitimate issue in 1609. Wisley passed to Elizabeth's nephew Sir Arthur Mainwaring. Perhaps to pay for a lawsuit over guardianship of his niece, Mainwaring sold the manor to Sir Robert Parkhurst in 1641. Sir Robert died in 1651, and Wisley passed to his son Robert, who died in 1674. In 1677, his son, yet another Robert, sold Wisley and other Surrey estates bought from Mainwaring, including Pyrford, to Denzil Onslow.
Onslow died in 1721; upon the death of his widow Jane, in 1729, Wisley passed to his great-nephew Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow. The manor descended with the peerage to George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow, who exchanged it with Peter King, 6th Baron King for Papworth in Send. It thereafter descended with that peerage (later the Earls of Lovelace).[4]
19th and 20th centuries
Slade Farm and a cottage were transferred from Wisley to Ockham 25 March 1883. The children of Wisley Common began to attend
In 1911 it was recorded in the Victoria County History "there is no village of Wisley; merely some scattered farms and cottages".[4]
The former Wisley Airfield, a misnomer as it is within the bounds of Ockham, next to the junction of the M25/A3,[8] had a 6,691-foot (1.2672 mi) runway. Built towards the end of World War II as a flight test airfield for the Vickers aircraft factory at nearby Brooklands, it opened in 1944 and after extended use for the development of military aircraft during the Cold War, it finally closed in 1972.
Although the runway, taxiways and large areas of hardstanding survive, most of the buildings—including the unique control tower converted from an old timber-framed cottage—were demolished around 1980. The Ockham Beacon at the east end serves as a navigation aid for aircraft flying over the area.
Wisley Church
Wisley parish church was built by the Normans in the mid 12th century and the church has no later additions. Even the dedication of the church is lost.[9][4]
Three consecration crosses still remain. There are remains of medieval frescos on the south wall of the nave and behind the pulpit. The chancel arch, of chalkstone, and both the north and south chancel windows are original. The roof with a queen post, and bellcote, with one bell, are later. A porch was added in the Stuart period. The Victorian restoration of 1872 reconstructed the western half in a neo-Norman style, including the two west windows, and added the vestry. Originally there was a Norman font, but that was replaced by the present Victorian one; the pulpit is also Victorian.
On the south wall is the Royal Arms of George III. The East window and north and south windows of the nave are late Gothic style from 1627. The stained-glass is by Powell and Sons, given in 1909 in memory of Mr and Mrs Buxton; Charles Buxton was a local M.P. Beside the pulpit is a scrolled iron Elizabethan hour-glass holder. One pew is dated 1630, but the remainder are Victorian, and the panel behind the organ is from 1915.
Amenities
Wisley Golf Club is in the village.[citation needed]
Weather monitoring station
2006 heatwave
On 19 July 2006, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the month of July in the United Kingdom was recorded at Wisley, 36.5 °C (97.7 °F).[10] This broke the record of 36.0 °C recorded in Epsom, Surrey on 22 July 1911.
However, on 1 July 2015, this record was beaten, with 36.7C at Heathrow Airport.[11] The hottest day ever recorded in Wisley was July 18, 2022 when the temperature reached 39.3 °C (102.7 °F).[12]
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In mid-winter, a line of AEC Routemasters at a Cobham Bus Museum rally on the runway at a snowy Wisley Airfield.
Demography and housing
Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes | shared between households[1] |
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(Civil Parish) | 22 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
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(Civil Parish) | 185 | 83 | 10.8% | 9.6% | 403 |
The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
References
- ^ United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Cranfield University National Soil Resources Institute
- ^ Surrey Wildlife Trust leaflet Retrieved 30 November 2013
- ^ a b c d e f g Malden, H E, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Wisley". A History of the County of Surrey. Vol. 3. pp. 378–381. Retrieved 4 November 2022 – via British History Online.
- ^ Note, the former are kept largely at The National Archives
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Church tracks
- ^ Google Maps - Location of Wisley Airfield
- ^ Lewin, Sylvia; Blatch, Mervyn (2006) [1987]. Wisley Church: Short History and Church Guide. Revised by David Hill with substantial input from Tony Paice (2nd ed.). Wisley Church.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ BBC News - Heatwave breaks record for July
- ^ BBC News – Hottest July day ever recorded in UK
- ^ "UK Heatwave: South East sees some of the highest ever UK temperatures". BBC News. 19 July 2022.
External links
- "Parishes: Wisley" A History of the County of Surrey Volume 3 (1911), pp. 378–81. Date accessed: 26 September 2007.