Reigate - Wikipedia. Coordinates: 5. 1. It is in the London commuter belt and one of three towns in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. It is sited at the foot of the North Downs and extends over part of the Greensand Ridge. Reigate has a medieval castle and has been a market town since the medieval period, when it also became a parliamentary borough. Colley Hill, one mile (1. Reigate, is 7. 22 feet (2. Reigate Hill, 2. 5 miles (4. Colley Hill, is 7. North Downs Way. History. Bronze Age settlement in the area is indicated by barrows on Reigate Heath. A Bronze Age spearhead was recovered on Park Hill in Reigate Priory Park. In 2. 00. 4 a Roman tile kiln, dated from around AD 9. Rosehill in Doods Way. Tiles on the Rosehill site were first discovered in the 1. The tiles would have been used for important buildings in the area. The Rosehill find is the oldest recorded use of Reigate stone (ironstone of the Upper Greensand) for ashlar work. Reigate was within the Reigatehundred, an Anglo- Saxon administrative division.
Reigate appears in Domesday Book in 1. Cherchefelle, which appears to mean . It was held by William the Conqueror as successor to King Harold's widow Editha. Its Domesday assets were: 3. Part of the site was excavated in the 1. William I granted the land around Reigate to one of his supporters, William de Warenne, who was created Earl of Surrey in 1. It is believed that his son, William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, ordered that Reigate Castle be built, although the de Warennes had their southern base at Lewes, Sussex, as well as castles in Yorkshire and Normandy. Around 1. 15. 0 the Earl de Warenne laid out a new town below the castle. This town forms the basis of modern- day Reigate. Little is known of the castle, which has never been excavated on any great scale. The story however has no truth to it. The castle later fell into decay and the remains were demolished at the end of the 1. Veja as letras de Resgate e ou Leve Fardo, Banda Resgate / Resgate 25 Anos; Depois de Tudo, Banda Resgate / Resgate 25 Anos; Ningu Anjos de Resgate's profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Skip navigation Upload. Banda Resgate Videos; Playlists; Channels. The story of the Pilgrim's Way passing through Reigate is a myth, although in the 1. St Thomas was built in the town centre for use by Canterbury pilgrims. Bell Street was certainly in existence by the middle of the 1. Mesolithic implements have been found here. The Effingham branch of the Howard family, including the Earl of Nottingham (who as Lord High Admiral commanded the force which defeated the Spanish Armada), lived there until their heirs sold it to the wealthy London brewer, John Parsons, in 1. Remains of the former monastery buildings lie beneath the lawns to the south of the present mainly 1. The town developed a large trade in oatmeal during the 1. There was a noted tannery at Linkfield Street which was expanded in the 1. It burnt down about 1. In the medieval period the parish had other windmills, about a dozen animal- powered mills for oatmeal and watermills on the southern parish boundary with the Mole and Redhill Brook. It elected two MPs until the Reform Act of 1. In 1. 86. 3 the whole parish was formally incorporated as a borough with Thomas Dann as its first mayor. In 1. 86. 7 Redhill gained its first of two vestry committees within the parish system that occupied the east of Reigate. Reigate has been the term for the local MP's seat ever since. In 1. 97. 4 the borough was merged with Banstead to the north. Governance. Between the streets is a Morrisons supermarket. The other central supermarket is an M& S. The swathe of land from the town southwards, including the adjacent town of Redhill, is sometimes grouped together as the Gatwick Diamond, M2. Crawley Urban Area across more than 1. West Sussex. These three largely synonymous areas are interspersed with Metropolitan Green Belt land and are used by planners to highlight connectivity to Gatwick Airport and in respect of two, the city of Brighton and Hove. The Skimmington Castle (the most historic building, Grade II- listed) pub is by the cottages. Skimmington includes eight pre- historic tumuli (bowl barrows), two in one close group. It is well documented by rambling groups for its serenity, hills and woods . It is connected by Flanchford Bridge to Little Flanchford, which is in Mole Valley, within the rural definition of Leigh which has its village centre 0. The main amenities squarely within it are South Park Sports Association and an independent Church. Reigate School was formerly called Woodhatch School. The insurance company Esure is in the former Redland headquarters, and the Redland brick sculpture remains in front of the building. Canon UK have their headquarters on the southern outskirts of Reigate. It has a recreation area for smaller children as well as football fields, tennis courts, a skatepark, woodland and large Priory Pond, draining over a small weir. Priory Park also has a caf. It is one of 1. 2 stories featured in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Transport. At peak times a few direct trains run to London Victoria and London Bridge at 4. Off- peak trains run to Gatwick Airport, Reading, Redhill and London Bridge. Trains to London are run by the Southern Railway company and those to Gatwick Airport and Reading by First Great Western. Reigate is a few minutes from Junction 8 of the London orbital M2. The town's one- way system includes parts of the A2. A2. 17. Reigate is linked to Redhill by the Metrobus. Other bus routes also link the town to other areas in and around Redhill and Reigate. In Priory Park in the town centre, Reigate Priory School serves the town's three remaining infant schools. It has the distinction in the primary sector of having a large proportion of male teaching staff. Students also apply from schools as far away as Croydon and Crawley. The other state secondary schools in the town are St Bede's School and The Royal Alexandra and Albert School - both are voluntary aided schools and have their own sixth form. WATCH NOW: Music video by Resgate performing Amigo de Deus. Dunottar School and Reigate Grammar School are the two co- educational independent schools in the town. Other schools. St Mary's Parish Church (Anglican) is in Chart Lane east of the town centre with its notably old chapel of ease St Cross in the windmill on Reigate Heath (see 'Flanchford' below). The Holy Family Catholic Church is the only Roman Catholic Church in Reigate. One of these covers the east of the lightly populated (and on many analyses merged) village of Gatton. Notable people. 1. Cherith Baldry, author of the Warriors novels. Disclosure, band. Bob Doe, Royal Air Force Wing Commander. Mia Farrow, film actress, lived here while married to Andr. A topographical history of Surrey. Wealden Cave & Mine Society. A Guide to the Pilgrims' Way. Reigate; its story through the ages^http: //www. Greenwood,J. Turnpikes and the economy. Farries and Mason. Mills of Surrey^A Vision of Britain: First mention of Redhill, units and statistics. University of Portsmouth and others^. Surrey County Council. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2. 01. 3- 1. Status of Sandcross Lane Church Retrieved 2. Reigate School^. Retrieved 1 January 2. Retrieved 1 January 2. Retrieved 1 January 2. Retrieved 1 January 2. 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