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Reigate (/ ˈ r aɪ ɡ eɪ t / RY-gate) is a town in Surrey, England, around 19 miles (30 km) south of central London.The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as Cherchefelle, and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s.
William the Conqueror granted the land around Reigate to one of his supporters, William de Warenne, who was created Earl of Surrey in 1088. It is believed that his son, William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, ordered that Reigate Castle be built, although the de Warennes had their southern base in Lewes, Sussex, as well as castles in Yorkshire and Normandy. [1]
Reigate Heath is a 61.7-hectare (152-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An area of 51.6 hectares (128 acres) is also a Local Nature Reserve . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments .
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Mogador is a hamlet in the Reigate and Banstead district, in the county of Surrey, England.It is at the edge of Banstead Heath, which provides it a green buffer from other communities, and about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.8 km) from the top of the north-facing dip slope of the North Downs.
Meadvale or less commonly Mead Vale is a southern residential suburb that straddles borders of Redhill and Reigate in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, and one of two which do so. The average elevation of the district is higher than the centres of each of the towns – Meadvale is bisected east-west by the Greensand Way at the top ...
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The building served as the headquarters of Reigate Municipal Borough Council from its formation in 1863 [11] until the borough council moved to the new town hall in Castlefield Road in 1901. [12] Following the death of Lady Henry Somerset of Reigate Priory, the old town hall formed part of the estate which was acquired by a local benefactor ...