Pirbright is a village in
SurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Neighbouring villages include
WorplesdonWorplesdon is a village in Surrey, England, located three miles north of Guildford. Worplesdon is also the name of the parish that also includes the settlements of Fairlands, Jacobs Well and Wood Street Village. Nearby villages include Pirbright and Deepcut, with significant military...
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DeepcutDeepcut is a village in Surrey, home to the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. It is situated close to Camberley.English/American singer Graham Parker [] was raised in the area and named his 2001 studio album "Deepcut To Nowhere."...
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BrookwoodBrookwood is a village in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking, in a semi-rural location. It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough ....
and
NormandyNormandy is a village and parish in Surrey, England. It lies close to the western edge of that county close to the border with Hampshire and just north of the chalk hill known as the Hog's Back.-Location:...
. Pirbright parish has an area of some falling into two distinct communities with the military area to the north of the railway and the village to the south. The area includes army training barracks.
Its name came from
Anglo-SaxonOld English , also called Anglo-Saxon, is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily the literary...
Pirige-fyrhþ = "sparse woodland where
pearThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
trees grow".
Excluding the military area, the village has a population of 1,750 with 1,200 living near the green and the remainder in three outlying settlements, each about a mile from the centre.
Pirbright is a village in
SurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Neighbouring villages include
WorplesdonWorplesdon is a village in Surrey, England, located three miles north of Guildford. Worplesdon is also the name of the parish that also includes the settlements of Fairlands, Jacobs Well and Wood Street Village. Nearby villages include Pirbright and Deepcut, with significant military...
,
DeepcutDeepcut is a village in Surrey, home to the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. It is situated close to Camberley.English/American singer Graham Parker [] was raised in the area and named his 2001 studio album "Deepcut To Nowhere."...
,
BrookwoodBrookwood is a village in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking, in a semi-rural location. It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough ....
and
NormandyNormandy is a village and parish in Surrey, England. It lies close to the western edge of that county close to the border with Hampshire and just north of the chalk hill known as the Hog's Back.-Location:...
. Pirbright parish has an area of some falling into two distinct communities with the military area to the north of the railway and the village to the south. The area includes army training barracks.
Its name came from
Anglo-SaxonOld English , also called Anglo-Saxon, is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily the literary...
Pirige-fyrhþ = "sparse woodland where
pearThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
trees grow".
Excluding the military area, the village has a population of 1,750 with 1,200 living near the green and the remainder in three outlying settlements, each about a mile from the centre. The village is almost entirely surrounded by heathland, much of it owned and used by the
MoDThe Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
.
Its churchyard contains the grave of
Henry Morton StanleySir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands , was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. Stanley is often remembered for the words uttered to Livingstone upon finding him: "Dr...
.
Cricket has been played on the village green since 1780.
Pirbright Laboratory
The Pirbright Laboratory is a government research establishment that investigates diseases in farm animals. It is part of the
Institute for Animal HealthThe Institute for Animal Health is a research institute in the United Kingdom dedicated to the study of infectious diseases of farm animals. It forms part of the UK government's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council...
, which is supported by the
UK'sThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is a UK Research Council and non-departmental public body supporting several scientific research institutes and university research departments in the UK.-Purpose:...
(BBSRC). The Pirbright Laboratory is an international reference laboratory for the diagnosis of diseases in an emergency. Its research includes work on foot and mouth disease and
swine vesicular diseaseSwine vesicular disease is an acute, contagious viral disease of swine caused by the swine vesicular disease virus, an enterovirus. It is characterized by fever and vesicles with subsequent ulcers in the mouth and on the snout, feet, and teats...
.
On Saturday 4 August 2007 it was announced that the a strain of foot-and-mouth disease detected in cattle three miles (5 km) away was similar to that in use at Pirbright. It is widely believed within the scientific community that the strain of the virus released came from the Merial lab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merial due to leaking pipes connecting Merial and the IAH.
Education
There are a number of schools in Pirbright, including two located on School Lane. One of these schools is
Knowl Hill SchoolKnowl Hill School is a private school located in the village of Pirbright in Surrey, located on school lane. This school is a co-educational school offering teaching to pupils suffering from dyslexia or other similar learning disabilities...
, a school for children with dyslexia which provides primary and secondary education for around fifty pupils. The other is
Pirbright Village Primary Schoolwhich educates children from the age of 4 to 11.
Famous residents
- Ross Lowis Mangles
Ross Lowis Mangles VC was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, first civilian recipient of the Victoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration which is, or has been, awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals...
. On the north wall of St Michael and All Angels Church, Pirbright is a brass memorial to Mangles.
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