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Bisley is a village and civil parish in the borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England. It is located around three and a half miles west of Woking and just south of West End. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 3,965. Much of the west of the parish is covered by higher acidic heath, which is owned and used or leased by the Ministry of Defence and is noted for its rifle shooting ranges. The National Shooting Centre, the headquarters of the National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom, is nearby. Other landmarks include Coldingley men's prison and the former factory of Bisley Office Furniture, one of the largest office furniture manufacturers in Europe. == History == The name 'Bisley' was first recorded in the 10th century as 'Busseleghe' when its most powerful men would have met strategically at Chertsey as part of Godley Hundred. It is derived from the old English words 'Bysc', meaning bushes, and 'Leah', a clearing. Therefore, it means the 'clearing where bushes grow'.〔(History )〕 The versions recorded in the 13th century were Busheley and Bussley, from such Westminster and Lambeth Palace rolls as the Assize Rolls. In medieval times, the village continued to be the southern holding of the Chertsey Abbey estate. The late 12th century church (much of its nave), St John the Baptist, was invested as a proper church in the village by the Abbey monks in the 15th century, who built its mixed brick and timber chancel, since replaced.〔 The church features a medieval bell and a 15th-century porch which is said to have been built from a single oak tree. A nearby spring was once known as the 'Holy Well of St John the Baptist', and was said to have medicinal powers. Its waters were used for local baptisms until the early 20th century.〔Barbara Aitken, "Holy Wells in Surrey" ''Folklore'' 64.2 (June 1953), p. 350.〕 The building is Grade II * listed.〔St John the Baptist, Bisley – Grade II * – 〕 The late Tudor period Royal grant (having seized the lands from the Dissolution of the Monasteries to Sir Edward Zouch included the manors of Woking, Chobham, and Bagshot. Henceforth the descent of Bisley was identical to the other two, and all were by 1911 in the possession of the Earl of Onslow, heirs to many of the lands of the original Earldom of Surrey and Arundel.〔 Actor Barry Evans attended Bisley boys' school which was an orphanage run by The Shaftesbury Homes.〔(Barry Evans )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bisley, Surrey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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