Wormley, Surrey

Coordinates: 51°08′10″N 0°38′47″W / 51.1362°N 0.6464°W / 51.1362; -0.6464
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Wormley
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHaslemere
Postcode districtGU8
Dialling code01428
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South West Surrey
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51°08′10″N 0°38′47″W / 51.1362°N 0.6464°W / 51.1362; -0.6464

Wormley is a village in Surrey, England in the parish of Witley, around Witley station, off the A283 Petworth Road about 5 km (3.1 mi) 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

Edward Lutyens.[5][6]

Notable former residents

  • George Eliot (1819–1880) is a former resident.
  • Gertrude Mary Tuckwell (1861–1951) lived the last twenty years of her life in Little Woodlands, Combe Lane.[7]
  • Louis de Bernières (b. 1954) who based his collection of short stories, Notwithstanding, on the local area.[8] In the afterword of the book, De Bernières muses whether Wormley is, or is no longer, the rural idyll.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Oceans Wormley". Oceans Wormley. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Lost Pubs in Witley, Surrey". The Lost Pubs Project. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ Historic England. "King Edward's School, Witley (1096890)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ Historic England. "King Edward's School War Memorial (1434041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ISBN 0-7139-1440-8
    .
  6. ^ Historic England. "Wood End (Grade II) (1334351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36572. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  8. ^ Driscoll-Woodford, Heather (4 November 2009). "Stories from an English village". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. ISBN 0099542021
    .
  10. ^ Nikkhah, Roya (4 October 2009). "Louis de Bernieres: 'These are my stories of a vanished England'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

External links

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