Goldsworth Park

Coordinates: 51°19′04″N 0°34′50″W / 51.317765°N 0.580444°W / 51.317765; -0.580444

Goldsworth Park is a large housing estate to the north-west of Woking in Surrey, England. It was named after the nearby Goldsworth area which was a large 'tithing' of Woking Parish. The tithing included most of the north west of Woking, such as Brookwood, Knaphill and St. John's. It is bordered by villages such as St. John's, Knaphill and Horsell. At one time, it was said to be the largest such estate in Europe.

History

Early history

Thousands of flint tools were found in the 1920s-1930s, on what was later to become the Goldsworth Park playing fields. These were probably left by a small group of people, settled in the valley of Parley Brook (though there may be a small chance that the actual original location may have been somewhere else, if they had been moved by glacial ice).

The name Goldsworth was first recorded in 1229 and is possibly derived possibly from 'la Goldhord' that may record a find of gold coins. Goldsworth then was a few houses in the area where Goldsworth Road is now, but also gave its name to the tithing of Goldsworth (sometimes called Goldings) which covers most of the north-west of Woking Parish.