Wyke, Surrey
Wyke | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Guildford | |
Postcode district | GU3 | |
Dialling code | 01483 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Wyke is a rural and suburban village in
History
Wyke, unlike the larger settlement of
One side of the roadside common of Normandy has medieval homes and farmhouses, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east. Wyke has two farmhouses pre-dating 1600.[4]
Wyke as a wider parish than its topographical definition was formed out of Ash, Worplesdon and Wanborough in 1847 when its church was built.[5] Most of this combined land of Wyke, Normandy, Flexford and Christmas Pie was an outcrop of Worplesdon surrounded by the south-east of the parish of St Peter, Ash, which was the largest medieval parish in Woking Hundred.[5]
Geography
The maximum elevation is 118m at Normandy/Gravel Pit hill in the north, at the south of the long ridge known as the Chobham Ranges, but between Deepcut and West End, Surrey. The minimum is 50m at Westwood Hall, a former manor, at the start of the Normandy locality, where the headwaters of a brook merge into one in the east.[6] The soil is sandy and (acidic) heath towards the escarpment shielding the Ministry of Defence training land directly north of Wyke, but otherwise is a loam/clay mixture.[5]
Its local government district is the
Amenities
Wyke has one place of worship, that of St Mark in the Church of England building of which completed in November 1846 as a chapel.
Wyke Primary Academy, part of the Kite Academy Trust, is a primary school (ages 4–11) on School Lane.[7] Its roots are Wyke National (Secular) School in 1874 which was enlarged 1896.[5]
For recreational and community hall purposes Wyke has a
Notable residents
- James Stirling, former Governor of Western Australiais buried in St Marks Churchyard in Wyke.
See also
References
- United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wyke Domesday Book Entry. Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2014
- ^ The Manor House, Normandy, medieval construction within 0.25 miles Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1377691)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "The hundred of Woking: Introduction and map". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- Ordnance surveywebsite
- ^ Wyke Primary School Surrey County Council
- ^ Wyke Diocese of Guildford, The Church of England
External links
Media related to Wyke, Surrey at Wikimedia Commons