Old Woking
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| Old Woking | |
  Old Woking shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 2,644[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Woking |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woking |
| Postcode district | GU22 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Woking |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Old Woking is a former village now considered part of the town of Woking, Surrey, and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) to the southeast of Woking town centre. Woking Palace was important in the times of Henry VIII. The James Walker factory has been redeveloped into a dense residential housing estate. Hoebridge Preparatory School and Hoebridge Golf Course lie within Old Woking. The west door to St Peter's Church, Old Woking in Church Street is the oldest door in Surrey and probably the third oldest in the country having been dated by dendrochronology to the reign of Henry I. The four planks making up the door very likely came from a single tree which was over 270 years old when it was felled.The tree must have grown from an acorn which germinated in the reign of Egbert (802-39).
Dr Jane Geddes of the University of Aberdeen, in her book Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England has identified the door as one of only five picture doors in the country and the ironwork as medieval.The church is usually open after Easter in the summer months on Saturdays from 1 pm to 3 pm.
