Frimley is a town in the Borough of
Surrey Heath
Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local ...
in
Surrey
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, England, approximately southwest of
central London
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. The town is of
Saxon
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
origin, although it is not listed in
Domesday Book
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of 1086.
Train services to
Frimley
Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086.
Train services to Frimley (on the line betwe ...
(on the line between
Ascot and
Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
), are operated by
South Western Railway.
History
The name ''Frimley'' is derived from the
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
name ''Fremma's Lea'', which means "Fremma's clearing". The land was owned by
Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the same time ...
from 673 to 1537 and was a farming village.
More recently it was a coach stop on a
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
and popular
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...
road for about four hundred years.
Frimley was not listed in
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
of 1086, but is shown on the map as ''Fremely'', its spelling in 933 AD.
Frimley
Lunatic Asylum
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The fall of the lunatic asylum and its eventual replacement by modern psychiatric hospitals explains the rise of organized, institutional psychiatry ...
was opened in 1799; it catered for both male and female patients, and received four patients from
Great Fosters
Great Fosters is a 16th-century mansion which originally lay within Windsor Great Park and is still adjacent to the town of Egham, Surrey, England. It is a Grade I listed building, close to Heathrow and the M25 London orbital motorway.
It has ...
,
Egham
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...
. Magistrates visited in 1807 and ordered the proprietors to stop chaining the patients.
An 1811 inventory from Frimley, a
Workhouse
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, can be seen on the Surrey County Council website.
The present St. Peter's Church was built in 1826 replacing earlier buildings. The building has a balcony running around three sides of the interior.
Dame Ethel Smyth
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas.
Smyth tended t ...
once preached from the pulpit.
In 1904, the
Brompton Hospital
Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung medical centre in the United Kingdom. It is managed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
History Consumption in the 19th Century
In the 19th century, consumption was a co ...
Sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ...
was established in Frimley to treat
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...
patients; it closed in 1985. Dr Marcus Sinclair Paterson (1870–1932) was the first medical superintendent, and he developed a system of treatment called 'graduated labour' which generated a lot of interest from other health professionals. The treatment used controlled levels of physical activity.
In 1931 the staff at Frimley Cottage Hospital were unable to save the life of Lieutenant
Hubert Chevis
Hubert George "Hugh" Chevis (21 September 1902 – 21 June 1931) was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 after eating contaminated partridge.
The youngest son of Sir William and ...
, who had been admitted, along with his wife Frances, after eating poisoned partridge meat. He died of
strychnine
Strychnine (, , US chiefly ) is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. Strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the eye ...
poisoning. The case remains an unsolved murder mystery.
In 1959 the Cadet Training Centre at Frimley Park was formed following the 1957 publication of the Amery Report.
2 December 1958, a
Hunting-Clan Vickers Viscount 732 (registration: G-ANRR) on a
test flight
Flight testing is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops specialist equipment required for testing aircraft behaviour and systems. Instrumentation systems are developed using proprietary transducers and data acquisition systems. D ...
following a major
overhaul
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*The process of overhauling, see
** Maintenance, repair, and overhaul
**Refueling and overhaul (eg. nuclear-powered ships)
**Time between overhaul
* Overhaul (firefighting), the process of searching for hidden fire extensio ...
. While flying at 10 minutes after takeoff from
London Airport, the aircraft lost its
starboard
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Vessels with bilateral symmetry have left and right halves which are ...
wing. This caused the aircraft to crash near the village and catch fire, killing all six occupants. Accident investigators established the reverse operation of the
elevator
An elevator or lift is a wire rope, cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or deck (building), decks of a building, watercraft, ...
spring tab as the probable cause. Incorrect maintenance of the spring tab mechanism and failure to notice the tab's faulty operation as a result of negligence on the part of maintenance personnel, who were responsible for inspecting the aircraft before returning it to service, involved the pilot in command in involuntary manoeuvres that overstressed the aircraft. This in turn resulted in the aircraft's right wing breaking off.
Facilities
![WhiteHartPublicHouseFrimley](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/WhiteHartPublicHouseFrimley.jpg)
The main shopping street includes a branch of
Waitrose
Waitrose & Partners (formally Waitrose Limited) is a brand of British supermarkets, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. It was acquired in 1937 by employee-owned retailer John Lewis Partnership, which still se ...
and some smaller shops, several restaurants, charity shops, a post office, a number of estate agents, solicitors, opticians, betting shops, an insurance broker and two
public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
s, the Railway Arms and the White Hart.
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital is a large general hospital in Frimley, Surrey. It is managed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, and houses a private wing.
History
Frimley Park Hospital was opened to provide a full range of acute services to patie ...
is within the boundaries. One of the major employers in the town is
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe, and ranked the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. ...
, which occupies a building off Lyon Way.
Siemens
Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.
The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...
opened its main UK headquarters in Frimley in 2007.
![FrimleyParkHospitalMainEntrance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/FrimleyParkHospitalMainEntrance.jpg)
Frimley Business Park is to the west on a north–south road, the A331. It has offices of the
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...
,
Genesys Telecommunications,
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufactur ...
and
Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Demography
The usual number of residents in the
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
, 6,178, belies the observation that this is the largest and most commercial settlement of the GU16 postcode which also covers the southernmost, Heatherside/Parkside, neighbourhoods Camberley of (its post town) and the distinct villages of
Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley.
Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the BDO int ...
,
Mytchett
Mytchett is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is to the east of Farnborough (in Hampshire), the nearest town. Much of the village dates from the first half of the twen ...
and
Deepcut
Deepcut is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The nearest towns are Camberley, Surrey ( to the north) and Farnborough, Hampshire (3 mi to the west). Deepcut is named af ...
.
Industries of Work
The working population worked as set out below in the official industry categorisations in 2011:[
]
Nationality
The ward is relatively representative of the nation as a whole in terms of national identity:[
]
Economic Status
The proportions of those retired, unemployed and who were students in 2011 were extremely close to the regional average whereas those in the economically inactive (other) category were fewer:[
Those who replied that again there were no people in the household with English as their main language formed a proportion of the population 0.1% less than the national average.][
]
Religion
Transport
Frimley railway station
Frimley railway station is in the town of Frimley in Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line, from .
History
The line through Frimley is ...
provides access to Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
, Ascot and London Waterloo
Waterloo station (), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of ...
. Frimley Lodge Park Railway
The Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway is operated by the Frimley and Ascot Locomotive Club and is located within Frimley Lodge Park, Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater Lond ...
(a tourist attraction) is also nearby.
The town is situated close to the junction of the A325 Farnborough Road and A331 Blackwater Valley Relief Road, which provides a link to the M3 Motorway junction 4.
Education
There are a number of schools in Frimley including: The Grove Primary School, Lakeside Primary School, Ravenscote Junior School, Tomlinscote School and St Augustine's Roman Catholic Primary School.
Sport
Frimley Town Football Club was formed over 100 years ago. It runs four teams, and the first team competes in the Senior Division of the Aldershot & District Football League. The club is based at Chobham Road recreation ground.
Famous people
Births
*James Cobbett
James Cobbett (12 January 1804 – 31 March 1842) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1841 for Middlesex, Surrey and Sheffield Cricket Club (''aka'' Yorkshire). Considered by many - according to ''T ...
, famous cricketer
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and considered by many as the finest all-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...
of his day, was born in Frimley on 12 January 1804.
*Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital is a large general hospital in Frimley, Surrey. It is managed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, and houses a private wing.
History
Frimley Park Hospital was opened to provide a full range of acute services to patie ...
was the birthplace in 1979 of Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and RC Toulonnais, Toulon and represente ...
, a fly-half
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for England Rugby Union
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and one of the most famous players in international professional rugby, and Lady Louise Windsor
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (born 8 November 2003) is the elder child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, both members of the British royal family. She is a granddau ...
in 2003.
*Paul Darke
Paul Darke CF (born 20 January 1962) is a British academic, artist, filmmaker, podcaster and disability rights activist. Darke is an expert on disability in film and politics.
Early life and education
Born in Frimley, Camberley, Darke atten ...
, academic, artist and disability rights activist, was born in Frimley.
*James, Viscount Severn
James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (born 17 December 2007) is the younger child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar. He is the youngest grandchild of Elizabeth II ...
was born in Frimley Park Hospital in 2007.
*Toby Flood
Tobias Gerald Albert Cecil Lieven Flood (born 8 August 1985) is an English rugby union coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. During his playing career his position was fly ...
was born in Frimley in 1985.
*Chris Benham
Christopher Charles Benham (born 24 March 1983) is an English cricketer. Benham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Frimley, Surrey. He attended Yateley School across the county border at Yateley in Hampshire ...
(cricketer) was born in Frimley on 24 March 1983. He has played county cricket for Hampshire.
* John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter, was born on 25 April 1981 in Frimley.
*Other sportsmen born in Frimley include cricketers James Lawrell
James Lawrell (1780 at Frimley, Surrey – 1842 in England) was an English amateur cricketer who made 21 known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1800 to 1810.
Background and Eastwick Park
He was the son of James Lawrell (or La ...
(born 1780) and Richard Ingleby Jefferson (born 1941); and footballers Vic Niblett
Victor "Vic" Niblett (9 December 1924 in Frimley – 2004) was an English professional footballer. His clubs included Reading, West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matc ...
(born 1924), Martin Kuhl
Martin Kuhl (born 10 January 1965) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for many years in the English Football League, Football League. He then went into coaching and was most recently ma ...
(born 1965) and Danny Byrne
Daniel Byrne (born 30 November 1984) is former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Manchester United, Hartlepool United (on loan), Weymouth, Newcastle Town, Mossley, Flixton, Southport, Droylsden, Runcorn F ...
(born 1984).
*Garth Walford
Captain Garth Neville Walford (27 May 1882 – 26 April 1915) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Comm ...
, recipient of the Victoria Cross
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* Sir Harry Broadhurst, Air Chief Marshal
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of the Royal Air Force
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* Lucy Rose
Lucy Rose Parton (born 20 June 1989) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who performs as Lucy Rose. Her debut album, '' Like I Used To,'' was released in 2012. Rose released her second album, ''Work It Out'', in 2015 on Columbia Record ...
, folk-musician
* Greg Bateman
Gregory Edwin Bateman (born 20 June 1989) is a former English rugby union player. Bateman has previously played for the Dragons, Dorking, London Welsh, Exeter Chiefs and Leicester Tigers. He has played in all three front row positions, but pr ...
(born 1989), premiership rugby player for Leicester Tigers, formerly of London Welsh and Exeter Chiefs
* John Paul Wellington Furse (1904-1978) GCB, OBE, VMH
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The award was established in 1897 "in per ...
, Naval Officer who became a Rear-Admiral
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, painter and botanical illustrator and later a plant hunter
Residents
Daphne du Maurier
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was Geor ...
wrote most of her fourth novel, Jamaica Inn
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, in 1935 in Frimley where her soldier husband Frederick (Boy) Browning was based.
Dame Ethel Smyth
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas.
Smyth tended t ...
, English composer and suffragette
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grew up in nearby Frimley Green and later purchased One Oak Cottage in Frimley. Her family moved to Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley.
Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the BDO int ...
in 1867 when her father was given command of the Royal Artillery
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at Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
.
Deaths
Notable people buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's Church, Frimley include:
*John Frederick Lewis
John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for ...
(d. 1876), a 19th-century painter
*(Francis) Bret Harte
Bret Harte (; born Francis Brett Hart; August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.
In a caree ...
(d. 1902), the American author
*William George Cubitt
Colonel William George Cubitt, (19 October 1835 – 25 January 1903) was a senior officer in the British Indian Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Britis ...
(d. 1903), who won the Victoria Cross
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in the Indian Mutiny
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for saving three men's lives at the risk of his own during the retreat from Chinhut
*Charles Wellington Furse
Charles Wellington Furse (13 January 1868 – 16 October 1904) was an English painter.
He was born at Staines, the son of Jane Diana (Monsell) and the Rev. C. W. Furse, archdeacon of Westminster, and rector of St John's, Smith Square and de ...
(d. 1904) a 19th-century painter
* Sir Doveton Sturdee (d. 1925) a British admiral
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who decisively defeated the German squadron under Graf Maximilian von Spee
Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a naval officer of the German ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy), who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in ...
at the Battle of the Falkland Islands
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in 1914, for which he was made a baronet
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* Sir Charles Melliss VC (d. 1936), First World War general
* Arthur Cocks (d.1944), first-class cricketer and the first British Army officer to be killed on D-Day
*George Edward Lodge
George Edward Lodge FZS, (3 December 1860 – 5 February 1954)Savory ''op. cit.'' was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry.
Early life
George Edward Lodge was born at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. His father, Samuel Lodg ...
, an illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry, died in Frimley on 5 February 1954.
Literary mentions
In one of the ''Just William
''Just William'' is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for ...
'' books by Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn (15 November 1890 – 11 January 1969) was a popular English writer, best known for her ''Just William'' series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books.
Life
Richmal Crompton Lambu ...
, William visits an aunt in Frimley for a few days.
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working ...
refers to ''"a series of letters on the Frimley murder"'' in his ''Alton Locke
''Alton Locke'' is an 1850 novel, by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, in which Carlyle is introduced as one of the personages.
Overview
In this novel, Kingsley set out to expose the social injustice suffered b ...
, Tailor and Poet''.
There is a brief mention of Frimley in Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
's ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes
''Nightmares & Dreamscapes'' is a short story collection by American author Stephen King, published in 1993.
Stories
Dedication
King dedicated this collection of stories to Thomas Williams, a writing instructor who taught for many years at t ...
'' in the short story ''Crouch End
Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban villag ...
''. It reads: 'He did indeed move into council housing
Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council estates, council housing, or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in so ...
, a two-above-the-shops in Frimley'.
In ''The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)'', chapter 18 tells of the trial of a bricklayer who, in a prize fight
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
on Frimley Common, unfortunately killed his opponent. He appeared in court dressed as a young clergyman and was found innocent of the manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th cen ...
charge because of doubts over his identity.
Notes and references
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