It is not clear to what extent the Mole was used for navigation in the past: In the late 13th century, Thorncroft Manor ( south of Leatherhead ) purchased a shout, a type of boat up to in length used to carry produce to market and it has been suggested that stone cut from quarries in Reigate was transported to London via the river.

He is the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the Reigate constituency in Surrey, and from May 2010 to September 2012 he was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.

Reigate () is a historic market town in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt.

It is one of the main constituents of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Colley Hill, one mile ( 1. 6 km ) north of Reigate, is the sixth highest point in Surrey at.

Reigate Hill, to the east of Colley Hill, is the seventh highest point in Surrey at.

The Rosehill find is also the oldest recorded use of Reigate Stone ( Upper Greensand ) for " ashlar masonry work ".

The earlier site was located, at least in part, in what is now the Church Street area of Reigate, close to the church.

It is believed that his son, William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, ordered that Reigate Castle be built, although the de Warennes had their southern base at Lewes, Sussex, as well as castles in Yorkshire and Normandy.

The origin of the name Reigate is uncertain, but appears to derive from Roe-deer Gate, as the town was situated near to the entrance to the de Warenne's deer park.

The story of the Pilgrim's Way passing through Reigate is a myth, although in the 13th century a chapel to St Thomas was built in the town centre for the use of Canterbury pilgrims.

The most popular park in Reigate is the Priory Park, adjoining Reigate Priory School and located south of the High Street and west of Bell Street, which has recently been redesigned.

* Reigate is served by Reigate railway station.

* Reigate is a few minutes from Junction 8 of the London orbital motorway M25.

* Reigate is linked to Redhill by the Metrobus routes 435 and 430.

Watercolour is a new high-density settlement in Reigate & Banstead, Surrey, England, partly complete and partly in the course of construction, between Redhill and Merstham, on the site of the former Holmethorpe Quarry.

Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England.

The town, which adjoins the town of Reigate to the west, is south of Greater London, and is part of the London commuter belt.

Previously he had sat in Parliament as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Reigate from February to September 1858 ; he was again MP for Frome, from 1865 to 1868.

At the 1997 general election, Blunt was elected to Parliament as Member for Reigate in Surrey, replacing the long-serving euro-sceptic MP George Gardiner, who had been deselected by the local Conservative Party.

Probably early in the 13th century Reigate Priory was founded for regular Canons of the Order of St Augustine although it was strictly speaking the Hospital of the Crutched Friars-a suborder.

Priory Park also has an Urban Kitchen Café set in a building named ' The Pavilion ' which also houses bulletin boards for the people of Reigate.

Other bus routes also link the town to other areas in and around the Redhill and Reigate area, for example: South Park.

He was elected as Tory Member of Parliament for Westminster from 1784 to 1788 and from 1790 to 1796, and was Member for Reigate between 1789 and 1790, serving with his younger brother Alexander under Pitt the Younger.

He was elected MP for Reigate in 1626.

In 1614 he was elected MP for Reigate.

He was elected MP for Reigate in 1589.

The Referendum Party briefly held a seat in the House of Commons after George Gardiner, the Conservative MP for Reigate, changed parties following a battle against deselection by his local party.

Gardiner campaigned for re-election in Reigate, but was not successful, losing to the new Conservative candidate.

John Yorke ( 1728 – 1801 ), Member of Parliament for Reigate and Higham Ferrers

He sat in the House of Commons as member for Reigate ( 1741 – 1747 ), and afterwards for Cambridgeshire ; and he kept notes of the debates which were afterwards embodied in Cobbett's Parliamentary History.

" The Adventure of the Reigate Squire ", also known as " The Adventure of the Reigate Squires " and " The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle ", was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Doyle ranked " The Adventure of the Reigate Squire " twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.

Watson takes Holmes to a friend's estate near Reigate in Surrey to rest after a rather strenuous case in France.

*" The Adventure of the Reigate Squire "

Reigate Squire, The Adventure of the

The company also has shops in Cobham and Dorking and expanded by acquiring department stores Elphicks of Farnham in October 2004, and Knights of Reigate in September 2006.

The Warenne family also owned Sandal Castle near Wakefield, Lewes Castle in Sussex, and Reigate Castle in Surrey, as well as a keep on their lands at Mortemer in Normandy.

Charlie ( allegedly hatched c. 1899 ), also known as Charlie the Curser, is a female Blue-and-yellow macaw living at Heathfield Nurseries, a pet sanctuary in Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom.

His eldest son, the second Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for West Looe, Grampound and Reigate and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

He received the lordship of Reigate Castle in Surrey, but also had holdings in twelve other counties.

The Preston ward will also be transferred to Reigate to bring that constituency's electorate closer to the county average.

There are also a number of Residents Association councillors in the Reigate & Banstead wards in the constituency, although in the Mole Valley wards the Conservatives have a stronger base and several elected councillors.

William de Warenne and his descendants also had estates and built castles in Reigate, Surrey ( Reigate Castle ) and in Yorkshire ( Sandal Castle and Conisbrough Castle ).

The nearby primary school Reigate Saint Mary's is a feeder school to RGS and also owned by Reigate Grammar School.

Parts of the Surrey districts of Epsom and Ewell, Reigate and Banstead, Mole Valley, Elmbridge, Guildford, Runnymede and Woking are also covered by this postcode area. The Mail is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre near Hounslow.

Horley is part of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead but also has a town council.

The line from Reading to was built by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway ( RG & RR ), and was opened in stages: the first sections, from Reading to Farnborough, which included a station at Wokingham, also from Dorking to Redhill, were opened on 4 July 1849 ; other sections followed, with the last section, from Guildford to, on 15 October 1849.