Wormley, Surrey
| Wormley | |
|---|---|
| Population | less than 5,000 |
| OS grid reference | SU947383 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Haslemere |
| Postcode district | GU8 |
| Dialling code | 01428 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Wormley is a hamlet in Surrey, England. It is a dispersed hamlet largely consisting of a scattering of houses on the A283 Petworth Road between Witley and Chiddingfold and Combe Lane, a turning off the A283 where Witley station and further houses are situated. Part of the village is of the census area Witley and part is of the census area Chiddingfold.
Wormley originates from the Anglo-Saxon English for 'break'. This is the hamlet's name due to the break in the forest in Saxon Times where the hamlet exists.
Wormley developed primarily as a result of the construction of Witley station, in the 19th century, on the main London Waterloo to Portsmouth line. Its best known building is probably King Edward's School, Witley and it was also the location for Cooper & Sons Ltd walking stick factory which has now been replaced by houses and a light industrial estate. The Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory was based in Wormley.[1]
A number of the older houses in Wormley were designed by Gertrude Jekyll. George Eliot is a notable former resident, as is Louis de Bernieres who based his collection of short stories, Notwithstanding (2009), on the lives and tales of Wormley and the local area. De Bernieres muses whether Wormley is, or is no longer, the rural idyll.
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