Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead (often also written Reigate & Banstead ) is an administrative district with the status of a borough in the county of Surrey in England. To the north it borders Greater London. Next to the county seat Reigate It includes the cities of Banstead, Horley and Redhill.

History

  • 967: First mention of Banstead in an Anglo-Saxon charter from the time of King Edgar.
  • In 1088 the country is to Reigate after the Battle of Hastings one of the knights of William the Conqueror, William de Warenne, awarded, he also gives the title of Earl of Surrey.
  • In 1150 to organize the de Warennes that a city will built their castle below: Reigate.
  • 12th Century: A large hall is built in Tadworth (1952 unearthed ).
  • 1539 comes Horley Manor after the dissolution of the monasteries in Henry VIII
  • 1563 is Queen Elizabeth Lord Howard of Effingham, who lives in the priory of Reigate, the Crown lands of the hamlet of King Woode (now Kingswood ).
  • 1602 Horley Manor property of Christ's Hospital in London.
  • 1818 saw the birth of Redhill due to the construction of a crossing on the highway London - Brighton.
  • April 1, 1974: The New District Reigate and Banstead created from the merger of the Borough of Reigate, Banstead of the Urban District and part of the Dorking and Horley Rural District.

Sister City

The partnership between Eschweiler in North Rhine- Westphalia and the English Borough of Reigate and Banstead will be launched with the signing of the twinning agreement by the Mayor and City Directors on May 4, 1985;. On September 26, 1989, the " Station Square " will be officially renamed "& Banstead Reigate Square " before the Eschweiler Hauptbahnhof.

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