Editing Dorking (section)

===Cotmandene===
Cotmandene is a {{cvt|4.78|ha|acre|sigfig=1|adj=on}} area of [[common land]] to the east of the town centre (the name is thought to mean ''the heath of the poor cottages'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://common-land.com/lands/view/790 |title=The Cotmandene, Chart Lane, Dorking |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116074826/http://common-land.com/lands/view/790 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Timbs_1822_p96>{{harvnb|Timbs|1822|p=96}}</ref> During the Middle Ages it was used by [[peasant|commoners]] to [[grazing|graze]] [[pig]]s.<ref name=Ettinger_1991_pp11-13/> The first [[almshouse]]s on the north side of Cotmandene were built in 1677<ref name=Bright_1884_p27>{{harvnb|Bright|1884|p=27}}</ref> and were given [[financial endowment|endowment]]s in 1718 and 1831. They were rebuilt in 1848 and again in 1961.<ref name=Overell_1991_pp58-60/>

Cricket matches were played on the heath during the 18th century and are recorded in Edward Beavan's 1777 poem ''Box Hill''.<ref name=Beavan_1777_p22>{{harvnb|Beavan|1777|p=22}}</ref> A painting entitled ''A Cricket Match on Cotmandene, Dorking'' by the artist James Canter, dating to around 1770, is now held by the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/howzat/ |title=Howzat |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102108/http://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/howzat/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In the 19th century, a [[traveling carnival|funfair]] took place at the same time as the Ascension Day [[livestock]] fair in the town centre.<ref name=Jackson_1991_p71>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|p=71 }}</ref> In 1897, to commemorate the [[Queen Victoria#Diamond Jubilee|Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria]], [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk]] (who was [[lord of the manor]] of Dorking) gave Cotmandene to the Urban District Council (UDC) on the condition that it was "to remain a perpetual ornament and pleasure to the town".<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp83-85/>