Wormley, Surrey

Wormley
Wormley
Village
	Wormley Location within Surrey
OS grid reference	SU947383
District	Waverley;
Shire county	Surrey;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Haslemere
Postcode district	GU8
Dialling code	01428
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	South West Surrey;
	List of places UK England Surrey 51°08′10″N 0°38′47″W / 51.1362°N 0.6464°WCoordinates: 51°08′10″N 0°38′47″W / 51.1362°N 0.6464°W

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] Some of the gardens in Wormley were designed by Gertrude Jekyll,^{[citation needed]} who collaborated with Edward Lutyens from her home in Busbridge, a nearby village.

Notable former residents

George Eliot is a former resident.
Louis de Bernières who based his collection of short stories, Notwithstanding,^[5] on the local area. De Bernières muses whether Wormley is, or is no longer, the rural idyll.^{[citation needed]}
Gertrude Mary Tuckwell lived the last twenty years of her life in Little Woodlands, Combe Lane.

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.
^ De Bernières, Louis: Notwithstanding (Vintage 2010) ISBN 0099542021

External links

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[1] "Oceans Wormley". Oceans Wormley. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[2] "Lost Pubs in Witley, Surrey". The Lost Pubs Project. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[3] Historic England. "King Edward's School, Witley (1096890)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[4] Historic England. "King Edward's School War Memorial (1434041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[5] De Bernières, Louis: Notwithstanding (Vintage 2010) ISBN 0099542021

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