Old Woking
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Woking
Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) to the southeast of Woking town centre. Woking Palace
Woking Palace
Woking Palace is a former manor house of the Royal Manor of Woking on the outskirts of Woking, near the village of Old Woking, Surrey. The manor was in the gift of the Crown, and was held by numerous nominees of the Crown until 1466 when Lady Margaret Beaufort and her third husband, Sir Henry...
was important in the times of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
. The James Walker
James Walker
-Politics:*James Walker , English MP for Exeter*Sir James Walker, 2nd Baronet , British MP for Beverley*Jimmy Walker , born James J...
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
St Peter's Church, Old Woking
St Peter's Church is situated in Old Woking, Surrey, England. It is recorded in The Domesday Book.-History:The church is a Grade 1 Listed Building, within the Old Woking Conservation Area. St Peter's was originally the parish church of Woking prior to the development of a new urban area, now...
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.