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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WOKING , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Chertsey See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, 24 M. S.W. of See also:London by the London and See also:South-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1891) 9786; (1901) 16,244. The See also:river Wey and the Basing-stoke See also:canal pass through the See also:parish. St See also:Peter's See also:church See also:dates from the 13th See also:century. See also:Modern structures include a public See also:hall, and an See also:Oriental See also:institute (in the See also:building erected for the Royal Dramatic See also:College, including a museum of Eastern antiquil:ies, a See also:mosque, and residences for Orientals). In the vicinity are the Surrey See also:county See also:asylum and a See also:female convict See also:prison. Near Woking is Brookwood See also:cemetery, belonging to the London See also:Necropolis See also:Company, with a crematorium. See also:xxviii.

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