Wormley, Surrey
| Wormley | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Coronation Cottages, Wormley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU947383 |
| Location: | 51°8’10"N, -0°38’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Haslemere |
| Postcode: | GU8 |
| Dialling code: | 01428 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Waverley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South West Surrey |
Wormley is a village in south-western Surrey in the parish of Witley, around Witley station, off the A283 Petworth Road about three miles south of Godalming.
History
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.
Cooper & Sons Ltd owned the Combelane walking stick factory here. 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, who collaborated with Edward Lutyens from her home in Busbridge, a nearby village.
In literature
George Eliot once lived in the village.
Louis de Bernières also lived here, and based his collection of short stories, Notwithstanding,[5] on the local area.
Outside links
References
- ↑ Oceans Wormley
- ↑ "Lost Pubs in Witley, Surrey". http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/wormley.html.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1096890: King Edward's School, Witley (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1434041: King Edward's School War Memorial (Grade II listing)
- ↑ De Bernières, Louis: Notwithstanding (Vintage 2010) ISBN 0099542021