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The Dorking is among the oldest British chicken breeds. It has sometimes been suggested that it derives from five-toed (rather than the usual four-toed) chickens brought to Britain by the Romans in the first century AD, [9] [10] but it is not known whether the Romans brought poultry with them, nor if they found five-toed poultry when they arrived. [4]
Dorking (/ ˈ d ɔːr k ɪ ŋ /) is a market town in Surrey in South East England about 21 mi (34 km) south of London.It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre.
The Dorking Cockerel is a sculpture on Deepdene roundabout in Dorking, Surrey, England. It depicts a male Dorking chicken , which were historically an important part of the town's economy. The 3-metre (10 ft) tall cockerel was sculpted by Peter Parkinson and erected in 2007.
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War , it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique ...
Blue abyssinian female cat being judged at CFA cat show in Helsinki, Finland. This is a complete list of cat registries worldwide. A cat registry's purpose is to register purebred cats which are recognized by the organization.
People from Dorking by occupation (1 C) A. Archdeacons of Dorking (14 P) Pages in category "People from Dorking" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of ...
A cattery is any building, collection of buildings or property in which cats are housed, maintained, cared for, and bred. A cattery can be anything from a simple building associated with a residence to a state-of-the-art facility with CCTV, televisions, and water features. There are two general types of catteries: cat boarding and cat breeding.
Pages in category "Actors from Dorking" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Emily Blunt; D.