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6 unusual facts about Reigate


Formica rufibarbis

In the 1927 edition of British Ants: their life histories and classification, Donisthorpe gives its distribution as being confined to Ripley, Chobham, Reigate and Weybridge.

Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea

Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the eldest son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate.

Herbert Pither

Born in Reigate, Surrey, in 1871, Pither was the second eldest of 12 children of John and Lydia Pither, who emigrated to Canterbury on the Crusader in 1875.

Reigate Windmill

There are two windmills standing today in Reigate.

Thomas Wyatt the Younger

He was the grandson of Sir Henry Wyatt and Anne Skinner, the daughter of John Skinner of Reigate, Surrey.

Waltham Abbey Church

It reused the Saxon foundations and some of the stonework, with additional stone from Reigate, Kent and Caen in Normandy.


Alexander Ross Clarke

Alexander Ross Clarke died on 11 February 1914 in Strathmore, Reigate, Surrey.

Charles Cocks

Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (1725–1806), British politician; Member of Parliament for Reigate

Charlwood and Horley Act 1974

Salfords and Sidlow: created from parts of Charlwood and Horley parishes, and included in Reigate and Banstead

George Cockerill

Sir George K. Cockerill (1867–1957), British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate 1918–1931

John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough

By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham, he left two sons: Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough and John, afterwards Lord Mordaunt of Reigate and Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon; and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Thomas, son and heir to Edward Howard, 1st Lord Howard of Escrick.

Pilgrims' Way

On modern Ordnance Survey maps, part of the route is shown running east from Farnham, passing to the south of Guildford, north of the village of Gomshall, north of Dorking, Reigate, Merstham, Chaldon, Godstone, Limpsfield and Westerham, through Otford, Kemsing and Wrotham, north of Trottiscliffe, towards Cuxton (where it crossed the River Medway).


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