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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 429 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DORKING , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Reigate See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, 26 m. S.S.W. of See also:London, on the London, See also:Brighton & See also:South See also:Coast and the South-Eastern . & See also:Chatham See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19b1) 767o. It is pleasantly situated on the See also:river See also:Mole, in a sheltered vale near the See also:base of See also:Box See also:Hill. It is the centre of an extensive residential district. The See also:parish See also:church of St See also:Martin's is a handsome edifice rebuilt in 1873. See also:Lime of exceptionally See also:good quality is burnt to a large extent in the neighbourhood, and forms an important See also:article of See also:trade; it is derived from the See also:Lower See also:Chalk formation. Dorking has See also:long been famous for a finely flavoured breed of See also:fowl distinguished by its having five toes. Several See also:fine mansions are in the vicinity of the town, notably that of Deepdene, contain-See also:ing See also:part of a See also:gallery of See also:sculpture collected here by See also:Thomas See also:Hope, the author of See also:Anastasius. A See also:Roman road, which crossed from the See also:Sussex coast to the See also:Thames, passed near the See also:present See also:churchyard of St Martin.

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