Dorking
Dorking | |
Classe | market town[*], unparished area[*] |
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Pais | Regno Unite, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[*], Kingdom of Great Britain[*], Regno de Anglaterra[*] |
Area | 6,57 km² ![]() |
Situate in | Mole Valley[*] |
Coordinatas | 51°13'57"N, 0°19'50"W |
Citates gemine | Güglingen[*], Gouvieux[*], Sinalunga |
Fuso horari | UTC±00:00 |
Geonames ID | 2651095 |
Wikimedia Commons Category Dorking |
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Dorking es un citate mercantil historic al pede del North Downs circa 40 kilometros (25 millias) al sud de London, in le contato de Surrey, Anglaterra.
Historia e disveloppamento de citate
[modificar | modificar fonte]Dorking era fundate como un parve posta de relais super Stane Street, le strata roman le qual connecteva London a Chichester super le costa.
Dorking figuara in le Domesday Book de 1086 como le feudo de Dorchinges. Il era tenite per Gullielmo le Conquisitor. Le activo listate in le Domesday Book era: 1 ecclesia, 3 molinos de valor 15s 4d, 16 aratros, Patrono:Convert de prato, zona de boscos e herbage de valor 88 porcos domestic. Il rendeva £18.[1].
Seniores subsequente del feudo era includer le Duces de Norfolk, qui habitava in Dorking usque illes se move a Arundel. Un del illes es interrate in le cemeterio del ecclesia de Dorking. In le periodo medieval, Dorking era un citate mercantil agricole e prospere, beneficiante de su position super le junction de un numero de stratas e camminos importante.
In 1750, le construction de un autostrata faceva Dorking un posta de relais super le route a Brighton e le costa. Le taverna, le Bull’s Head in South Street habeva un cochiero famose, William Broad, de qui portrait appende in le Museo de Dorking in West Street. Le albergo que ora domina le centro de Dorking, le White Horse, era disveloppava in le seculo XVIII; edificios previe super iste sito habente pertineva al Cavalleros Templari e plus tarde le Cavalleros de Sancte Johannes.
Dorking teneva un grande mercato pro frumento e bestial in le High Street. Le mercato pro aves domestic era teneva al angulo de South Street e round Butter Hill. Hic le gallina famose de Dorking era vendite. Iste racia le qual ha cinque ungulas in loco del plus normal quatro, era un favorito pro le tabulos del seculo XIX, includente Regina Victoria del Regno Unite.
Dorking moderne
[modificar | modificar fonte]Le evolution de Dorking ha essite benevole al centro de citate. Multo del character original supervive, ben que accommodation del negotios que servi le necessitates del seculo XXI. Le citate es cognite in tote le mundo pro le negotiantes de antiquitates Patrono:Fact.
Le tres principal stratas mercantil del citate, High Street, West Street e South Street son complementate per un parve centro commercial al aere libere, St Martin's Walk le qual es adjacente al parco principal de carros del citate e accedite con facilitate de High Street.
Al fin del annos 1990, Dorking Halls era date un grande reparation pro facer lo un cinema e complexo theatric. In 2003 un nove moderne centro sportivo e piscina era addite al complexo de Dorking Halls.
Ora il ha un grande statua del Gallo de Dorking situate super le rotunda de Deepdene.
Residentes famose e connectiones litterari
[modificar | modificar fonte]Personas nate in le citate include: Padre George Smith in 1845, ille era un defensor a Rorke's Drift; e Sir Laurence Olivier in 1907 — un blue plaque marcante su loco de nativitate pote esser trovate in Wathen Road.
Personas qui ha habitate in le citate in le passato include: Daniel Defoe qui frequentava le boarding school de Rev. James Fisher's in Pixham Lane, e Defoe plus tarde mentionate Dorking in su viage del insula integre de Grande Britannia.[2] Henry Hope e su nepote Thomas Hope passava estates a Deepdene in le comenciamento del seculo XIX. Benjamin Disraeli scribeva su novella Coningsby anque dunrante que remaner in Deepdene House (demoliva in 1967) foras del citate. Emma Holland era was brought up in le citate.
Marian Hemar, poeta famose polonese es interrate al cemeterio local.
"Le Battalia de Dorking" un curte historia fictional scribite per Lt. Col. Sir George Tomkyns Chesney in 1871 era ponite in le citate. Describente invasion fictional e conquesta de Grande Britannia, illo triggered un explosion de lo que veniva esser cognite como litteratura de invasion.
Governamento local
[modificar | modificar fonte]Dorking es le centro municipal del Consilio de Mole Valley Mole Valley District Council. Il habeva essite un districto urban de 1894 a 1974.
Il es situate in le Mole Valley (districto electoral del Regno Unite).
Gemination del citate
[modificar | modificar fonte]Le citate es geminate con Gouvieux, Francia desde 1997 e negotiationes comenciava in 2007 pro geminar con le citate german de Güglingen.[3]
Transporto
[modificar | modificar fonte]Le citate ha tres stationes de ferrovia; le station principal es le Station de Dorking. Le altere duo son le Station de Dorking Deepdene, e le Station de Dorking West.
Education
[modificar | modificar fonte]Varie scholas primari provide a infantes de 5–11 annos:
- le Schola Primari de Powell Corderoy (Powell Corderoy Primary School)
- le Schola de Sancte Martino (St Martin's School)
- le Schola de Sancte Paulo (St Paul's School)
- le Schola de Sancte Joseph (St Joseph's School)
- e le Schola de Sancte Johannes (St John's School) - previemente nominate Redlands
Education secundari es principalmente providite per The Ashcombe School e The Priory School, previemente Sondes Place School.
Referentias
[modificar | modificar fonte]- ↑ Surrey Domesday Book. Archivo del original create le 2007-10-30. Recuperate le 2009-06-13.
- ↑ Notes on Defoe
- ↑ Surrey Advertiser twinning info