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The present-day Gatwick Airport was located in Surrey from 1958 until 1974, when it moved into West Sussex as a result of a county boundary change. The original, pre-World War II airport was built on the site of a manor in the parish of Charlwood. The land was first used as an aerodrome in the 1920s, and in 1933 commercial flights were approved by the Air Ministry. ==Origins== * 1241: First record of the name "Gatwick" (as "Gatwik"). Gatwick was a manor in the parish of Charlwood, a village in Surrey. Gatwick manor house (not the same as the present Gatwick Manor Hotel) was on the site of today's airport, on the northern edge of the North Terminal's aircraft taxiing area; until the 19th century, it was owned by the De Gatwick family.〔"Gatwick Airport History", Business & Community Reference Guide for in and around Crawley 2008/09, Wealden Marketing, 2008, p. 85〕 Its name derives from the Old English ''gāt'' (goat) and ''wīc'' (dairy farm); i.e. "goat farm". * 12 July 1841: The London and Brighton Railway opened, and ran near Gatwick Manor. * 1890: The descendants of the original owners sold the area to the newly established Gatwick Race Course Company. * 1891: The new owners opened a racecourse adjacent to the London-Brighton railway, to replace a racecourse in Croydon, and a dedicated station included sidings for horse boxes.〔 The course hosted steeplechases and flat races. * 1907: Gatwick Golf Club was founded. * 1916, 1917, 1918: The Grand National was run at Gatwick during the First World War.〔 The Gatwick Golf Club disappeared following the end of the First World War.〔 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「Timeline of Gatwick Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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