Wormley, Surrey
- Waverley
- Surrey
- South East
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 listed building,[3] the school war memorial is also Grade II listed.[4] Gertrude Jekyll designed the gardens at Tigbourne Court and Wood End, houses both designed by 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
- ^ "Oceans Wormley". Oceans Wormley. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Lost Pubs in Witley, Surrey". The Lost Pubs Project. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "King Edward's School, Witley (1096890)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "King Edward's School War Memorial (1434041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Brown, Jane (1982). Gardens of a Golden Afternoon. The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. London: Allen Lane. p. 164. ISBN 0-7139-1440-8.
- ^ Historic England. "Wood End (Grade II) (1334351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ John, Angela V. (25 May 2006). "Tuckwell, Gertrude Mary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36572. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Driscoll-Woodford, Heather (4 November 2009). "Stories from an English village". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ De Bernières, Louis (2010). "Afterword". Notwithstanding. Vintage. ISBN 0099542021.
- ^ Nikkhah, Roya (4 October 2009). "Louis de Bernieres: 'These are my stories of a vanished England'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
External links
- Photos of Wormley
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- Alfold
- Alfold Crossways
- Badshot Lea
- Blackheath
- Bowlhead Green
- Bramley
- Brook
- Busbridge
- Chiddingfold
- Churt
- Compton
- Cranleigh
- Dippenhall
- Dockenfield
- Dunsfold
- Eashing
- Elstead
- Enton
- Ewhurst
- Farncombe
- Farnham
- Frensham
- Godalming
- Grayswood
- Hale
- Hambledon
- Hascombe
- Haslemere
- Heath End
- Hindhead
- Hurtmore
- Hydestile
- Lower Bourne
- Loxhill
- Milford
- Norney
- North Munstead
- Peper Harow
- Puttenham
- Ramsnest Common
- Rowledge
- Rowly
- Runwick
- Shackleford
- Shamley Green
- Shottermill
- Thorncombe Street
- Thursley
- Tilford
- Tuesley
- Weybourne
- Wheelerstreet
- Witley
- Wonersh
- Wormley
- Wrecclesham
- List of places of worship
- Busbridge: Busbridge Church
- Chiddingfold: St Teresa of Avila Church
- Farnham: St Andrew's Church
- St Joan of Arc's Church
- Park Lane Chapel (former)
- Godalming: Friends Meeting House
- Meadrow Unitarian Chapel
- St Edmund King and Martyr's Church
- St Peter and St Paul's Church
- United Church (URC/Methodist)
- Congregational Church (former)
- Salvation Army Hall (former)
- Hambledon: Hambledon Church
- Wrecclesham: St Peter's Church
- All Hallows School
- Broadwater School
- Charterhouse School
- Cranleigh School
- Edgeborough School
- Farnham College
- Frensham Heights School
- Glebelands School
- Godalming College
- Heath End School
- King Edward's School, Witley
- Prior's Field School
- Rodborough School
- The Royal School, Haslemere
- St Catherine's School
- St Dominic's School
- St Edmund's School
- St Hilary's School
- St John's College, Wonersh
- University for the Creative Arts
- Weydon School
- Woolmer Hill School
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