Milford is the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

and large village which is south west of Godalming in Surrey, England which was a small village in the early medieval period — it grew significantly after the building of the Portsmouth Direct Line which serves

Godalming railway station Godalming railway station is a stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, down the line from . The station, opened in 1859 to replace one on a different site, is situated at the edge of the town of Godalming, Surrey. The main station building is a Gra ...

and its own minor stop railway station. The village, served by a wide array of shops and amenities, has to one side an all-directions junction of the A3, one of Britain's trunk roads. Nearby settlements are Eashing, Shackleford,

Witley Witley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England centred south west of the town of Godalming and southwest of Guildford. The land is a mixture of rural (ranging from woodland protected by the Surrey Hills AO ...

and Elstead, and the hamlets of Enton and Hydestile, all of which are in the Borough of Waverley. The west of the parish is in the

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Transportation

Until the 1990s, the A3 road ran through the village (it now bypasses it to the west). Milford is still an important road junction, where the A283 road and

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s leave the A3 and run south to

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Milford railway station Milford railway station is a railway station serving the village of Milford in the English county of Surrey. It is a stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, from . The station has two side platforms flanking a pair of tracks, with step free ac ...

is on the mainline between and .

Education

Milford has a primary school, Milford Infant School and a secondary school, Rodborough School.

Facilities

The Church of England Parish Church is St. John the Evangelist, on Church Road. There is also St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Portsmouth Road, and Milford Baptist Church on New Road. Milford has a post office, a Chinese takeaway shop, a fish and chip shop, a shop selling art and crafts made by people in the area, called the Surrey Guild Craft shop, located at the top of Moushill lane, veterinary surgery, an off-licence, a butcher and fishmonger, two dry-cleaners, a corner shop co-op, a Tesco Express, a hairdresser, two beauticians, two doctors' surgeries, a petrol station, a swing park, a social club and a pub, ''The Refectory''. The village also has a cricket green and a football pitch which is home to Milford & Witley Football Club and Milford Cricket Club, who have two teams who play in the Saturday I'Anson League. Here, the Burton Pavilion also hosts dance,

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classes. Another green in the village, the Jubilee field, is used for village fêtes and travelling funfairs & circuses. Milford also has Brownie and Guide Companies and Scouting units. Milford also has a Bowling Green and club. Additionally, Milford is the home of Milford Pumas Youth Football Club, a community youth football club serving 7- to 17-year-old boys and girls. Milford Hospital is a former sanitorium that is now the rehabilitation centre for the Guildford and Waverley districts.

Notable residents

* James Archer, painter *

Philip Barker-Webb Philip Barker Webb (10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854) was an English botanist. Life Webb was born to a wealthy, aristocratic family; his father was the lord of the manors of Witley and Milford, in Surrey, England. Webb was educated at Harr ...

, botanist *

Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth Judith Anne Dorothea Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, (6 February 1873 – 8 August 1957) also known as Lady Wentworth, was a British peer, Arabian horse breeder and real tennis player. As the owner of the Crabbet Arabian Stud from 19 ...

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, Conservative Member of Parliament * Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Conservative peer and former

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* Sir George Deacon, oceanographer * Sir James Gault, military assistant to General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II * Mark Gravett,

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cricketer * Sir Laurence Guillemard,

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, Archdeacon of Halifax * Francis Holl, engraver * Dame Penelope Keith, actress *

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, rower and barrister * Mark Lambert, Harlequins rugby player * George Luker, painter * Jamie Mackie,

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footballer *

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, psychiatrist * Beresford Potter, Archdeacon in Cyprus and Syria *

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, children's author and illustrator * John Dawson Watson, painter *

Bob Wyatt Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt (2 May 1901 – 20 April 1995) was an English cricketer who played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire and England in a career lasting nearly thirty years from 1923 to 1951. He was born at Milford Heath House in Surrey ...

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In Popular Culture

In 1970 the Doctor Who serial - Doctor Who and the Silurians was partly filmed at Milford Hospital. In the series it was called the Wenley Hospital. The actual filming took place in November 1969.Doctor Who Locations
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's book ''Brave New World''.

References

External links

{{authority control Villages in Surrey Borough of Waverley