Worplesdon
| Worplesdon | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 "Hollow Trees", Worplesdon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU969534 |
| Location: | 51°16’20"N, -0°36’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,503 (2001) |
| Post town: | Guildford |
| Postcode: | GU3 |
| Dialling code: | 01483 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Guildford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Guildford |
Worplesdon is a village in Surrey, three miles north of Guildford. Nearby and within the like-named parish are Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Perry Hill, and Wood Street Village. Nearby are the army-dominated villages of Pirbright and Deepcut.
Worplesdon has a mediæval village church, St Mary's.[1]
Worplesdon appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Werpesdune. It was held by Turald (Thorold) from Roger de Montgomery. Its Domesday assets were: 6½ hides; 1 church, 9 ploughs, 1 mill worth 2s 6d, 8 acres of meadow, wood worth 60 hogs. It rendered £10.[2]
Adjacent to the church once stood a semaphore tower which served in the signal chain from Portsmouth to the Admiralty in London throughout the Napoleonic wars. It has since been demolished.
Worplesdon no longer has shops or banking facilities but there is the Worplesdon Place Hotel and Worplesdon railway station is located approximately a mile and a half to the north-east of the village. There are a number of heavily wooded commons, managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust, in the area, including Broadstreet & Backside Commons, Stringer's Common, Littlefield Common and Chitty's Common.
Big Society
The village hall is the Worplesdon Memorial Hall, built in 1922 to recall those who died in First World War; it and the adjacent recreation grounds are managed by trustees representing the donors and the Parish Council. A caretaker lives nearby. Beside the Hall are a playground and tennis and cricket facilities. There are a large events room, a meeting room, and the Sidney Sime Memorial Gallery.
- Worplesdon and Burpham Cricket Club traces its origins to 1890.
- Worplesdon Phoenix FC play in the Surrey Counties Intermediate League and Guildford and Woking Alliance League
- Worplesdon Tennis Club (Clubhouse built in 2005.)
- Worplesdon Rangers FC is another football club based in and around the parish; the club was founded in 2001 and caters for pre-reception to Under 18 age-groups playing in the Surrey Primary League. Committee meetings are held monthly at Jacobs Well Village Hall.
Outside links
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- Worplesdon Memorial Hall
- Worplesdonphoenixfc.org.uk Worplesdon Phoenix FC
- worplesdonrangers.org Worplesdon Rangers FC
- Worplesdon Tennis Club