Camberley
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Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originally as "Cambridge Town", it was assigned its current name by the General Post Office in 1877.
Key facts
- UK legislation.long_title
- An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the York Town and Blackwater Gas Company and for other purposes.
- UK legislation.year
- 1928
- UK legislation.citation
- 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. xlii
- UK legislation.royal_assent
- 2 July 1928
- UK legislation.original_text
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/18-19/42/pdfs/ukla_19280042_en.pdf
- UK legislation.collapsed
- yes
- UK legislation.short_title
- Yorktown (Camberley) and District Gas and Electricity Act 1929
- UK legislation.type
- Act
- UK legislation.parliament
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.official_name
- Camberley
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Michael's, Camberley - geograph.org.uk - 121611.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Michael's Church, Camberley
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Church built of stone with a spire
- UK place.map_type
- Surrey
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Surrey
- UK place.population
- 36,783
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 36783
- Area
- 16780000
- Image
- St Michael's, Camberley - geograph.org.uk - 121611.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01276
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- Commons category
- Camberley
- OS grid reference
- TQ234561
- P12749
- Wilhelm Stapel
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35 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- History
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Local and national government
- Demography and housing
- Economy
- Public services
- Utilities
- Gas
- Electricity
- Water
- Sewage
- Postal service
- Emergency services and healthcare
- Transport
- Education
- Early schools
- Current schools
- Relocated schools
- Places of worship
- Anglican churches
- Other places of worship
- Culture
- Sport
- Venues
- Organisations
- Notable buildings and landmarks
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originally as "Cambridge Town", it was assigned its current name by the General Post Office in 1877.
Until the start of the 19th century, the area was a sparsely populated area of infertile land known as Bagshot or Frimley Heath. Following the construction of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1812, a small settlement grew up to the south and became known as Yorktown (also spelled York Town). A second British Army institute, the Staff College, opened to the east in 1862, and the nucleus of Cambridge Town was laid out at around the same time. The two settlements grew together over the following decades and are now contiguous. Much of the town centre dates from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including The Atrium, a retail, entertainment and residential complex, opened in 2008.
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