Frimley

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Frimley
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Statistics
Population: 12739 (2001 census)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: SU875578
Administration
District: Surrey Heath
Shire county: Surrey
Region: South East England
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Surrey
Historic county: Surrey
Services
Police force: Surrey
Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}}
Ambulance: South East Coast
Post office and telephone
Post town: CAMBERLEY
Postal district: GU16
Dialling code: 01276
Politics
UK Parliament: Surrey Heath
European Parliament: South East England
Frimley High Street looking East, Jan 2006
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Frimley High Street looking East, Jan 2006
Frimley High Street looking West, Jan 2006
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Frimley High Street looking West, Jan 2006
Frimley shown on the map The Road from London to Southampton by John Ogilby dated 1675
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Frimley shown on the map The Road from London to Southampton by John Ogilby dated 1675

Frimley is a small town situated 2 miles (3 km) south of Camberley, UK and 31 miles (50 km) west south-west of London. It is in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire.

It is mainly residential but Frimley railway station provides access to Guildford, Ascot and London Waterloo. The main shopping street includes a branch of Waitrose and some smaller shops, several restaurants, banks, charity shops, a post office, a number of estate agents, solicitors, opticians, betting shops, an insurance broker and two public houses called White Hart and The Railway Arms. Frimley Park Hospital is situated in the town.

One of the major employers in the town is BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte), which occupies a new building in Lyon Way.

There are a number of schools in Frimley including: The Grove Primary School, Lakeside Primary School, Ravenscote Junior School and Tomlinscote School and 6th Form College.

Frimley Town Football Club was formed over 100 years ago. It runs four teams, and the first team competes in the Senior Division of the Aldershot & District Football League. The club is based at Chobham Road recreation ground.[1]

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[edit] History

The name Frimley is derived from the Saxon name Fremma's Lea, which means "Fremma's clearing". The land was owned by Chertsey Abbey from 673 to 1537 and was a farming village.[2] More recently it was a coach stop on the main London to Portsmouth road for about four hundred years.

In 1799 Frimley lunatic asylum was opened, catering for both male and female patients, and received four patients from Great Fosters. Magistrates visited in 1807 and ordered the proprietors to stop chaining the patients.[3]

An 1811 inventory from Frimley Workhouse can be seen on the Surrey County Council website.

In 1837 the present St. Peter's Church was built, replacing earlier buildings. The building has a balcony running around three sides of the interior. Ethel Smyth once preached from the pulpit.[4]

In 1904 the Brompton Hospital Sanatorium was established in Frimley to treat tuberculosis patients; it closed in 1985. Dr Marcus Sinclair Paterson (1870-1932) was the first medical superintendent, and he developed a system of treatment called 'graduated labour' which generated a lot of interest from other health professionals. The treatment used controlled levels of physical activity. [5]

In 1959 the Cadet Training Centre at Frimley Park was formed following the 1957 publication of the Amery Report.[6]

In 1971 the section of the M3 motorway passing close to Frimley was opened.[7]

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[edit] Frimley in literature

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pete Bass (2006). Frimley Town FC - 2005/06. Web-Teams. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  2. ^ Surrey Heath Borough Council (2005). History of Surrey Heath. surreyheath.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  3. ^ Andrew Roberts (2002). Part of the Asylums Index: South East England. The Lunacy Commission, a study of its origin, emergence and character. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  4. ^ a b The Parish Office. St Peter's Church. The Parish of Frimley. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  5. ^ Julie Tancell (2001). National Heart and Lung Institute. AIM25: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  6. ^ History. Sussex Army Cadet Force (2003). Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  7. ^ Chris Marshall (2005). M3. cbrd Motorway Database. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
  8. ^ Your London guide to Royal Family. Virtual-London (2006). Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  9. ^ Jonny Wilkinson: A Who2 Profile. WHO2? (2006). Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  10. ^ Ethel Smyth (1858-1944). Literary Encyclopedia (2004). Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  11. ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - James Cobbett. cricinfoengland (2006). Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  12. ^ Ann Willmore (2002). Review of Jamaica Inn. Daphne du Maurier Book Reviews. Retrieved on 2006-05-24.
  13. ^ Surrey Heath Borough Council (2000). Surrey Heath 2000 - Official Guide and Street Plan (page 16) (pdf). Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
  14. ^ Bret Harte - Biography and Works. The Literature Network (2006). Retrieved on 2006-05-19.
  15. ^ Comments. mad musings of me (2003). Retrieved on 2006-05-23.
  16. ^ Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet by Rev. Charles Kingsley et al - Full Text Free Book (Part 1/10). Fullbooks. Retrieved on 2006-05-23.

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