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St Johns and Hook Heath is a suburban ward in Surrey consisting of two settlements founded in the 19th century in the medieval parish of Woking.The two 'villages' have residents' associations and are centred 2.5 km WSW and SW of Woking's town centre in the northwest of the English county – by including such suburbs, Woking is the largest town in the county.
The canal was also influential in the growth of the community. Due to the inconvenience of travelling to the nearest parish church (St Peter's in Old Woking), the vicar of St Peter's, Rev'd Charles Bowles, amassed £1,500 in order to serve the western end of the parish of St Peter's, i.e. the new community now known as 'St Johns'. [2]
It stood at the junction of St John's Hill Road and St John's Road next to the Basingstoke Canal. [48] The Methodist Statistical Returns published in 1947 [ note 1 ] recorded the existence of the Brookwood, Byfleet, Knaphill and central Woking chapels and another on Walton Road in Woking, a 150-capacity building originally provided for ...
Newark Priory is a ruined priory on an island surrounded by the River Wey and its former leat (the Abbey Stream) near the boundary of the village (parish lands) of Ripley and Pyrford in Surrey, England.
composer, pianist, conductor and music arranger born in Woking (1960), attended Sheerwater Secondary School, Woking Boys Grammar School and Woking VI Form College. [7] Sean Lock: Sean Lock – comedian, was born in Woking (1963) [7] — Peter Lord – co-founder of Aardman Animations, attended Woking Grammar school [7] Liz Lynne: Liz Lynne ...
St John the Baptist Church, 'Goldsworth' built of stone in 13th-century style, was designed by George Gilbert Scott in 1842 (later knighted), and enlarged in 1879 and 1883, and in the year after what was considered St John's, Goldsworth gained the status of a parish.
The following is a list of notable burials at Brookwood Cemetery near Woking in Surrey.. Alexis Theodorovich Aladin Muhammad al-Badr Mancherjee Bhownagree in a Vanity Fair caricature Charles Bradlaugh Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll Cosmo Duff-Gordon Thomas Hawksley Zaha Hadid Aylmer Haldane Sir William Robertson John Singer Sargent Jamshedji Tata Rebecca West Albert Visetti Dennis ...
St John the Baptist School is a coeducational Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Woking, Surrey, England. [1] The school was one of the first 100 designated teaching schools in the UK. Location