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7 unusual facts about Bisley


Alice E. Gillington

The family moved to Bisley, Surrey when her father found a role as a chaplain at the Brookwood Hospital, the local asylum.

Army Operational Shooting Competition

Part of the Central Skill at Arms Meeting (CENTSAAM), it is based at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association (NRA) at Bisley Camp, in Brookwood, Surrey.

Forever Green

The pub where Jack meets Geoff Bate in episode 2 series 1 is the Stirrup Cup in Bisley, Gloucestershire.

Lanterns of the Dead

There is one surviving example in England, in the churchyard at Bisley, Gloucestershire, which is referred to as the poor souls light.

Ruger Bisley

This was in turn inspired by the classic 1894 Colt Bisley revolver, so named after the famous English shooting range at Bisley which was the site of many notable shooting matches in the late 19th century and is still in regular use.

Sydney Philip Smith

Educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, he joined the OTC and was reportedly a crack shot, captaining his school rifle team at the annual schools competition at Bisley.

Thomas Keble

In 1827 he was instituted to the living of Bisley, Gloucestershire, then a scattered parish with a number of outlying hamlets filled with a very poor and neglected population.


Alder Valley

As of February 2008, the company operated four routes on behalf of Surrey County Council: services 84 between Bisley and Camberley (Collingwood College), 85 (Ash and Collingwood College), 690 Winston Churchill School to Brookwood and Worplesdon and 828 Knaphill to Guildford.

Ruger Bisley

The Ruger Bisley has also become a popular platform for conversion to even larger calibers by custom gunsmiths such as Gary Reeder, John Linebaugh, and Hamilton Bowen.


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