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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.
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 .
William de Warenne accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy and was the first Earl of Surrey and the builder of Reigate Castle. Against this pattern is the Reigate Castle Gate and oak tree. [34] The top of the shield has a black background as in the original Reigate arms but on which is a gold woolpack between two sprigs of oak.
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Colley Hill is its western continuation — officially considered a crest or scarp reaching (at grid reference TQ255521) 771 feet (235 m), a point usually simply but confusingly known as Reigate Hill. "Reigate Hill" also defines a neighbourhood of the town of Reigate, and is also a ward of Reigate and Banstead.
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.
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