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The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering three former districts which were all abolished at the same time: [3] [4]. Dorking and Horley Rural District (except Horley and Salfords and Sidlow which went to Reigate and Banstead and parts of the parishes of Charlwood and Horley around Gatwick Airport which went to Crawley)
Dorking and Mole Valley Athletics Club is based at Pixham Sports Ground. They host the annual Dorking Ten road race starting from Brockham Green. [281] The weekly Mole Valley Parkrun has taken place at Denbies Wine Estate since March 2018. [282] [283] The vineyard also hosts the annual Run Bacchus marathon. [284]
Further land situated closer to Dorking town centre was sold for development in the 1930s. [35] The break up of the estate continued after Henry's death on 27 October 1947 [57] when it was inherited by his fourth son Roland, who became the third Lord Ashcombe. [60] Roland was born on 26 January 1899 and initially followed a career in the army. [61]
The Leatherhead Urban District Council (UDC) was formed six years later [48] and in 1903 the county council was placed in charge of the town's National schools. [49] The Local Government Act 1972 created Mole Valley District Council, by combining the UDCs of Leatherhead and Dorking with the majority of the Dorking and Horley Rural District. [50]
Cherkley Court, at the extreme southeast of Leatherhead, Surrey, in England, is a late Victorian neo-classical mansion and estate of 370 acres (1.5 km 2), once the home of Canadian-born press baron Lord Beaverbrook. The main house is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. [1]
Mickleham is a village in south east England, between the towns of Dorking and Leatherhead in Surrey. The civil parish covers 7.31 square kilometres (1,810 acres) and includes the hamlet of Fredley. [2] The larger ecclesiastical parish includes the majority of the neighbouring village of Westhumble, [3] from which Mickleham is separated by the ...