Old Woking

Old Woking: Church Cottages 1 Church Cottages. Image: Phillip Arnol...
Old Woking: Hand and Spear Base map © Crown copyright. All rig...
Old Woking: St. Peter's Image: Phillip Arnold St Peter’s is a Gr...
Old Woking: The Grange The Grange Image: Phillip Arnold ...
Old Woking: The Old Manor House The Old Manor House Image: Richard Purki...
Old Woking: The Old Vicarage The Old Vicarage Image: Phillip Arnold ...
Old Woking: Wey Cottage and Lea Cottage Wey Cottage and Lea Cottage, Church Street...
Weylea Weylea. Image: Phillip Arnold Ac...
Woking Palace This was not only a palace but also in effect t...

Old_Woking The village now known as Old Woking has given its name to the ancient Hundred, to the modern town and to the new borough. It lies about 1½ miles south-east of the present centre of Woking at the edge of the developed area and on the north bank of the River Wey on a slight ridge of higher ground between the Wey and the Hoe stream. It is a place of antiquity with evidence from the area of Romano-British occupation. St. Peter's Church dates from the 12th century and lies away from the present main road in quiet and pleasant surroundings.

For about 150 years from the middle of the 15th century, Woking was a royal residence, with the palace being about 1 mile to the east. The site is a Scheduled Monument.

Woking was a market town in the 17th century and a market house was built in 1665. It remains, but greatly altered.

With the loss of royal connections the area lapsed into a backwater and was later superseded by the railway town and the associated growth of recent times. Several buildings of interest remain, together with the historic road line.