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Woking
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a market town in the Chertsey parliamentary division of Surrey, England, 24 m. S.W. of London by the London and South-Western railway. Pop. of urban district (1891) 9786; (1901) 16,244. The river Wey and the Basingstoke canal pass through the parish. St Peter's church dates from the 13th century. Modern structures include a public hall, and an Oriental institute (in the building erected for the Royal Dramatic College, including a museum of Eastern antiquities, a mosque, and residences for Orientals). In the vicinity are the Surrey county asylum and a female convict prison. Near Woking is Brookwood cemetery, belonging to the London Necropolis Company, with a crematorium.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Woking'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/woking.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Woking'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/woking.html. 1910.
