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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Reigate like this:
Reigate.-- mun. bor., market town, and par., Surrey, 22 miles S. of London by rail, 6015 ac., pop. 18,662; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Reigate Hill, 1 Bank, 2 news-papers (including 1 at Redhill). Market-day, Tuesday. The par. consists of the townships of Reigate Borough, 435 ac., pop. ...
3274; and Reigate Foreign, 5580 ac., pop. 15,388. Reigate is supposed to have been a fortified town in Saxon times; its castle, built after the Conquest, has disappeared, and the space which it occupied is now a public garden vested in the corporation by Earl Somers, whose seat, Reigate Priory, occupies the site of a small Augustinian monastery. The trade of the place is in agricultural produce, white sand, fullers' earth, freestone, and hearthstone. Lord Howard of Effingham (1536-1624) is buried in the chancel of the parish church. Reigate was incorporated in 1863; it returned 2 members to Parliament until 1832, and one until 1867, when it was disfranchised.
Reigate is now part of REIGATE AND BANSTEAD District. Click here for graphs and data of how REIGATE AND BANSTEAD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Reigate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Reigate, in Reigate and Banstead and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/279
Date accessed: 14th November 2025
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