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...
182 KB (18,177 words) - 11:20, 22 November 2024
Woke, the African-American English synonym for the General American English word awake, has since the 1930s or earlier been used to refer to awareness...
78 KB (6,970 words) - 00:30, 1 January 2025
Woking Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Woking, Surrey, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth...
40 KB (3,433 words) - 18:20, 31 December 2024
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...
1 KB (186 words) - 02:49, 17 November 2024
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...
10 KB (1,306 words) - 16:14, 9 December 2024
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...
802 bytes (150 words) - 17:39, 3 March 2024
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...
11 KB (1,018 words) - 10:46, 28 December 2024
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...
10 KB (1,072 words) - 19:46, 30 November 2024
south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking. The county has an area of 1,663 km2 (642 square miles) and a population...
110 KB (12,780 words) - 23:36, 27 December 2024
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...
2 KB (209 words) - 12:34, 19 January 2024
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...
12 KB (965 words) - 17:44, 29 April 2024
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'...
26 KB (3,427 words) - 18:24, 4 July 2023
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...
8 KB (620 words) - 11:49, 5 December 2024
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...
12 KB (1,278 words) - 03:04, 31 December 2024
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...
5 KB (615 words) - 10:48, 27 May 2024
Woking railway station is a major stop in the town of Woking in England, on the South West Main Line used by many commuters. It is 24 miles 27 chains (39...
17 KB (1,538 words) - 17:38, 25 November 2024
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...
16 KB (1,674 words) - 08:49, 3 November 2023
Go woke, go broke, or alternatively get woke, go broke, is an American political catchphrase used by right-wing groups to criticize and boycott businesses...
36 KB (3,159 words) - 21:20, 28 November 2024
Murder of Sara Sharif (category Woking)
Sharif, a 10-year-old girl, was discovered dead in her family's residence in Woking, Surrey, England, on 10 August 2023. She had suffered numerous and severe...
18 KB (1,613 words) - 12:57, 1 January 2025
Victoria Place (redirect from The Peacocks (Woking))
for £116 million. "Car park care pays off at Woking". Highways and Transportation. 40: 2. 1993. "Woking shopping centre undergoes £1.5m extension". BBC...
2 KB (241 words) - 11:54, 22 October 2023
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...
13 KB (983 words) - 11:46, 22 November 2024
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...
13 KB (1,361 words) - 12:16, 4 October 2024
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...
59 KB (6,247 words) - 18:49, 17 November 2024
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...
6 KB (464 words) - 14:43, 14 November 2024
Stay woke is a political phrase. It may also refer to: "Stay Woke" (Meek Mill song), a 2018 rap song featuring Miguel "Stay Woke" (Royce da 5'9" song)...
403 bytes (78 words) - 11:59, 13 November 2022
Pharmasset, and Martin Shkreli's Retrophin. In a 2023 speech and in his book Woke Inc., Ramaswamy called Shkreli, whose company had greatly increased the cost...
113 KB (8,560 words) - 20:48, 28 December 2024
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...
14 KB (1,833 words) - 02:47, 24 October 2024
Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal (redirect from Pizza Express Woking)
been at home with his daughters after attending a party at PizzaExpress in Woking with his elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. The Duke said that he had "no...
30 KB (2,945 words) - 19:48, 6 December 2024
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...
1,000 bytes (54 words) - 13:07, 9 April 2023
"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by British band Alabama 3 from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme...
9 KB (951 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2024