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Friends of Woking Palace |
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Hoe Place part one |
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To understand the history of the house, it is necessary to appreciate two concepts, on the one hand the ancient parish of St Peter’s and on the other the Royal Manor of Woking.
St Peter’s was originally a minister church, one of the original churches built following the coming of Christianity to England and the parish once covered a much greater area than was the case at the beginning of the 19th century when the parish was bounded by the ancient parishes of Send, Worplesdon, Pirbright, Bisley, Horsell and Pyrford. This was before the creation of additional parishes to cope with the growth of Woking all carved out of the ancient parish of St Peter’s.
The Royal Manor of Woking was the property of the Crown or its appointees and more or less co-terminus with the ancient parish of St Peter’s but excluded the Manor of Sutton and the minor Manor of Bridley or Crastock.
The main house is listed Grade II* indicating it is a particularly important building, the date is given as early 18th century . DBRG carried out a survey of the main building (and the outbuildings and icehouse) in 1994 and suggested late 17th century. Surrey County Council’s List of Antiquities and Conservation Areas in the Administrative County of Surrey of 1976 gave a specific date of 1708. The building appears in Woking Borough Council’s Compendium The Heritage of Woking. Pevsner says Lumpish half-H-shaped house built by James Zouch d1708
The house is probably 74 on the John Remnant map of the Manor of 1719 with the occupier given as Heirs of Zouch. The 1841 Tithe Map piece number is 357 with the Owner and Occupier shown as Alexander Robertson. Hoe Place is mentioned in the Post Office Directory of 1855. The Electoral Register of 1892 shows Harriett Wainwright and William Lee as electors from the main house and Joseph Stoppe from The Lodge. Frank E. Taylor’s Local West Surrey Directory of 1913 has the occupier as F.A. Booth.
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Hoe Place from the rear |
