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If you're really interested in the history of Woking this site
maybe isn't for you - take a look at my links
section or at the following books....
If however you just want a brief summary, here you are :-
- 1086 Mentioned in the Domesday
book (as Wochinges)
1140 St Nicholas' church, Pyrford built
- 1490 Treaty of Woking Signed
- 1520 Woking manor renamed Woking Palace
- 1794 Basingstoke canal completed
- 1838 Railway to Woking common opened
- 1854 Brookwood Cemetry opened (the reason
modern Woking exists)
- 1858 Woking Prison building started
- 1889 Shah Jehan mosque (first in UK)
opened
- 1895 H.G. Wells moves in and writes The
War of the Worlds
- 1970 Goldsworth Park development started
- 1983 Woking twinned with Amstelveen
- 1992 Peacocks shopping centre and cinemas
opened
- 1994 The Spice Girls make demos in Knaphill
- 2002 Spencer's guide to Woking started
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