development. Modern local government in Woking began with the creation of the Woking Local Board in 1893, which became Woking Urban District Council (UDC) in...
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Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning...
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Woking Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Woking, Surrey, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth...
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Look up Woking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Woking is a large town and borough in Surrey, England. Woking may also refer to: Woking, Alberta, a...
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Woking Palace is a former manor house of the Royal Manor of Woking on the outskirts of Woking, near the village of Old Woking, Surrey. The manor was in...
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Look up woke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Woke is an adjective meaning 'aware of issues concerning social and racial justice'. Woke or WOKE may also...
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Woking Crematorium is a crematorium in Woking, a large town in the west of Surrey, England. Established in 1878, it was the first custom-built crematorium...
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The Shah Jahan Mosque (also known as Woking Mosque) on Oriental Road, Woking, England, is the first purpose-built mosque in the United Kingdom. Built...
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Jack Marriott (footballer) (category Woking F.C. players)
a two-month loan for Woking of the Conference Premier in November 2013, scoring nine goals in nine matches. He returned to Woking on loan in January 2014...
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent Italia Conti Associates Woking at Italia Conti's main premises in Woking, Surrey A CBBC series entitled School for Stars followed...
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The Woking Muslim Mission was founded in 1913 by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (d. December 1932) at the Mosque in Woking, 30 miles southwest of London and was...
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51°18′25″N 0°32′53″W / 51.307°N 0.548°W / 51.307; -0.548 Woking College is a sixth form college in Woking, Surrey, with over 1,500 16-19-year-olds studying A...
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See Woking for the town or Borough of Woking for the district. Woking was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. It includes the town of Woking and...
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Woking Park is a large park and leisure complex in Woking, Surrey, operated and maintained by Woking Borough Council. The park is in the Hoe Valley and...
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Woking railway station is a major stop in Woking, England, on the South West Main Line used by many commuters. It is 24 miles 27 chains (39.2 km) down...
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Woking in 1898. Many scenes from the story are set in Horsell, Woking and the surrounding area. The 1850s saw the first building of the 'New Woking'...
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south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking. The county has an area of 1,663 km2 (642 sq mi) and a population of 1,196...
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Woking Borough Council is the local authority for Woking in Surrey, England. The council consists of 30 councillors, three for each of the 10 wards in...
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Old Woking is a ward and the original settlement of the town and borough of Woking, Surrey, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of the modern town centre...
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Will Forster (category People from Woking)
(MP) for Woking since 2024. He has served as a councillor for Woking South on Surrey County Council since 2009, and as a councillor on Woking Borough Council...
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Ollie Palmer (category Woking F.C. players)
Palmer signs new Woking contract". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2015. "Ollie Palmer joins Havant & Waterlooville". Woking F.C. 28 September...
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The Stop WOKE Act, also known as the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act and redubbed the Individual Freedom Act, is a Florida state law which prohibited...
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Brookwood Cemetery (redirect from Woking cemetery)
64 acres (26 ha) of the extra land to the government for the building of Woking Convict Invalid Prison. Brookwood originally was accessible by rail from...
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Cranley Onslow (redirect from Baron Onslow of Woking)
Baron Onslow of Woking, KCMG, PC (8 June 1926 – 13 March 2001) was a British politician and served as the Conservative MP for Woking from 1964 to 1997...
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and actor "Woking High School". Get information about schools. Retrieved 28 July 2020. "Total number of pupils on roll (27 Feb 2013)". "Woking High School"...
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Go woke, go broke, or alternatively get woke, go broke, is an American political catchphrase used by some political pundits to refer to the actual or...
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Woking power station supplied electricity to the Borough of Woking and the surrounding area from 1890 to 1960. The power station was operated by the Woking...
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Richard Woking (fl. 1404–1426), of Guildford, Surrey, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Guildford in 1420...
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the medieval parish of Woking. The two 'villages' have residents' associations and are centred 2.5 km WSW and SW of Woking's town centre in the northwest...
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Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking "Gottlieb Leitner". The Open University. Retrieved 26 December 2016. "Dr. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner". Woking Muslim Mission. Retrieved...
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