Old Woking

Coordinates: 51°18′08″N 0°32′18″W / 51.3022°N 0.5382°W / 51.3022; -0.5382

Old Woking
St Peters Church, Old Woking
Old Woking  Old Woking shown within Surrey
Population	2,644 [1]
OS grid reference	TQ020569
District	Woking
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woking
Postcode district	GU22
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Woking
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

The Great Oak Door at St Peter's church

Old Woking is a former village now considered part of the town of Woking, Surrey, and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) to the southeast of Woking town centre. Woking Palace was important in the times of Henry VIII. The James Walker 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 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.

References

1. ^ Census data

External links

• Woking Borough Council
• Friends of Woking Palace
• Aerial photos