Reigate

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Reigate
Photo of a mill in Reigate
Photo of a mill in Reigate
Coordinates 51 ° 14 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W
OS National Grid TQ2649
Reigate (England)
Reigate
Reigate
Residents 21,820
Population density ? Ew./km²
administration
Post town REIGATE
ZIP code section RH2
prefix 01737
Part of the country England
British Parliament Reigate
Website: reigateandredhill.co.uk
Template: Infobox location in the UK / Pop-Den

Reigate is a town in Surrey in the south of England and has a population of 21,820. It is the administrative seat of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead , south of London .

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Reigate is first mentioned under its former name Cherchefelle ("Kirchfeld") in the Domesday Book . William the Conqueror forgave the land around Reigate to William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey , whose son William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, had Reigate Castle built. The most important southern English base of the de Warennes, who were wealthy throughout England, was Lewes in Sussex . Around 1150 , the de Warennes finally had the Reigate settlement built at the foot of the castle, which replaced the former Cherchefelle. According to tradition, the barons rebelling against Johann Ohneland are said to have come together in the caves below Reigate Castle to work out the main features of the later Magna Carta . In the 13th century an Augustinian monastery was built in Reigate, which was secularized in 1535 and loaned by Henry VIII to William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, who converted the monastery into a country house. The Howards, who subsequently held high posts in the British Admiralty (William's son Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, became Lord High Admiral in 1585 ), used the property as their ancestral home. Today there is a school there.

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Reigate is connected to the English railway network through its own train station. The North Downs Line has connections to London and Reading . Reigate is on the M25 , London's ring road, and the A25 road .

education

Reigate has six schools: Reigate School, Reigate Grammar School, Reigate Priory School, Reigate St. Mary's School, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, and Reigate College.

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