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Worplesdon
Worplesdon shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 1,503 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU969534 |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode district | GU3 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Guildford |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Worplesdon is a village in Surrey, England, located three miles (5 km) north of Guildford. Worplesdon is also the name of the parish that also includes the settlements of Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Perry Hill, and Wood Street Village. Nearby villages include Pirbright and Deepcut, with significant military presences.
Worplesdon has a medieval village church, St Mary's.[2] 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 (32,000 m2) of meadow, wood worth 60 hogs. It rendered £10.[3] Adjacent to the church, a semaphore tower (now demolished) served in the Napoleonic wars.
Worplesdon is served by the Worplesdon Memorial Hall[4], built in 1922 to recall those who died in World War I; 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.
The Worplesdon and Burpham Cricket Club traces its origins to 1890, and there is also Worplesdon Phoenix FC playing in the Surrey Counties Intermediate League and Guildford and Woking Alliance League[5] and, since 1991, Worplesdon Tennis Club[6], with a new Clubhouse (2005).
Worplesdon Rangers FC[7] 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.
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.
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Merrist Wood Agricultural College stands on the hill to the west of Worplesdon encompassing a wood and pond, a plant nursery, an arboriculture training area, an equestrian center, a golf course, and a farm.
The village school, Perry Hill, closed in 1976. There is now a new school, Worplesdon Primary, in Fairlands. Worplesdon Primary School caters for 409 students from the ages of 4-11. The head teacher is Mr A Parsons.[8]
In the early 20th century, Worplesdon was home to the artist Sidney Sime, best known for magazine illustration and work on the books of the prolific author Lord Dunsany.
In his later life, Frederick Courteney Selous chronicled many of his adventures from his home in Worplesdon. Selous was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in south and east of Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir H. Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character.[9][10]
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