Editing Dorking (section)

===Dorking Cemetery===
Dorking Cemetery was opened in 1855 on farmland that had been purchased from the Deepdene estate.<ref name=Cemetery>{{cite web |url=http://www.surreygraveyards.org.uk/molevalley/dorkingcem.shtml |title=Dorking Cemetery |first=Tony |last=Kelly |year=2020 |publisher=Churches of Surrey |access-date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102125/http://www.surreygraveyards.org.uk/molevalley/dorkingcem.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Two chapels were built for funeral services, one for [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]] (with a rectangular floor plan) and one (with an octagonal floor plan) for non-conformists. Both were designed by [[Henry Clutton]] and were constructed from [[flint]] with stone dressings.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1387309|desc=Anglican Chapel at Dorking Cemetery}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1387311|desc=Nonconformist Chapel at Dorking Cemetery}}</ref> An [[gatehouse|entrance lodge]] on Reigate Road was also provided.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1387308|desc=Dorking Cemetery Lodge, entrance arch, former mortuary and attached walls}}</ref> Originally the area of the cemetery was {{cvt|1.6|ha|acre|sigfig=1}}, but was enlarged to {{cvt|5.7|ha|acre|sigfig=1}} between 1884 and 1923.<ref name=Cemetery/>

The English novelist [[George Meredith]]<ref>{{Cite ODNB |id=34991 |title=Meredith, George}}</ref> and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient [[Charles Graham Robertson]]<ref name=Charles_Graham_Robertson>{{cite web |url=https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/charles-graham-robertson/ |title=Charles Graham Robertson |last=Chambers |first=Erica |date=27 March 2019 |publisher=Dorking Museum |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102126/https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/charles-graham-robertson/ |url-status=live}}</ref> are among those buried there. The cemetery also contains 61 [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth war graves]] of military personnel from the First and Second World Wars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorking Cemetery {{!}} Cemetery Details|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/44612/dorking-cemetery/ |access-date= 20 July 2023 |publisher= Commonwealth War Graves Commission |language=en}}</ref>