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Reigate is a town in Surrey, around 19 miles south of Central London.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Reigate emerges as Cherchefelle, and in the 12th century, it is documented as Crichefeld and Crechesfeld. The name means “open space by the hill or barrow”.

It was controlled by William the Conqueror, who had carried the lordship in 1075 on the demise of Edith of Wessex, widow of Edward the Confessor. The term “Reigate” first appears in written citations in the 1190s. Reigate was predominantly an agricultural settlement during the medieval and early modern times.

After the arrival of the railways in the mid-19th century, Reigate started to expand, and the sale of large portions of the priory estate in 1921 freed other grounds for housebuilding.

Reigate Castle was constructed in the late 11th or early 12th century, most probably by William de Warenne, the second Earl of Surrey. Reigate castle took the form of a motte-and-bailey castle, originally constructed of timber. Still, the curtain walls were reconstructed in stone almost a century later. A water-filled moat area was excavated into the clay on the north side, and a dry ditch was mined around the rest of the structure. The large size of the mote suggests that the castle was conceived both as a fortification and as the lord’s residency from the beginning.

In September 1914, Reigate evolved into a garrison town. Constituents of London’s Own Territorials were billeted in the city whilst partaking in training in the local area. In addition, Reigate Lodge was utilised as an Army Service Corps supply depot. However, the wartime economic actions imposed on the town between January 1917 and February 1919 resulted in the closure of the Reigate railway station.