Coordinates: 51°17′10″N 0°38′21″W / 51.2862°N 0.6391°W
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 Statue near Pirbright village hall |
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  Pirbright
Pirbright shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 1,374 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woking |
| Postcode district | GU24 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Woking |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Pirbright is a village in Surrey, England. Neighbouring villages include Worplesdon, Deepcut, Brookwood and Normandy. Pirbright parish has an area of some 4,711 acres (19.06 km2) 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-Saxon Pirige-fyrhþ = "sparse woodland where peartrees 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 MoD.[2]
Its churchyard contains the grave of Henry Morton Stanley.
Cricket has been played on the village green since 1780.[3]
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Pirbright Laboratory
The Pirbright Laboratory is a government research establishment that investigates diseases in farm animals. It is part of the Institute for Animal Health, which is supported by the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (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 disease.
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[1] 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 School, 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, first civilian recipient of the Victoria Cross. On the north wall of St Michael and All Angels Church, Pirbright is a brass memorial to Mangles.[4]
Further reading
- The Story of Pirbright Church by J.H. Curtis, 1930
See also
2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
References
- ^ Surrey County Council census data
- ^ Pirbright Parish Council
- ^ Pirbright cricket club
- ^ Julia Douëtil Welcome to St Michael and All Angels Church, Pirbright
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