| Share

Dorking

Dorking, town (1991 pop. 16,602), Surrey, SE England. It is a market town and residential suburb of London. Leith Hill, the highest point in SE England (965 ft/294 m), is nearby. The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams lived in Dorking and founded the annual Leith Hill music festival.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Dorking from Infoplease:

dork: meaning and definitions - dork: Definition and Pronunciation
Dorking: meaning and definitions - Dorking: Definition and Pronunciation
Suggestions for spelling of encyclopedia/dorking - The Infoplease spelling checker combines spelling help with our dictionary and thesaurus
dorky: meaning and definitions - dorky: Definition and Pronunciation
doorcase: meaning and definitions - doorcase: Definition and Pronunciation

See more Encyclopedia articles on: British and Irish Political Geography

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Dorking

NEWS IN BRIEF: World Cup prompts lucky shirt day.(Dorking head office)(Brief article) (Employee Benefits)

Surrey councils decongest.(Brief Article) (Employee Benefits)

The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and of Battles Still-to-Come. (Utopian Studies)

Firms rally to rid roads of cars.(Brief Article) (Employee Benefits)

Simply the worst (The Spectator)

"It's a Topsy Turvy World" (Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal)

How Long before the Sunset? British Attitudes to War, 1871-1914: Rowena Hammal Examines the Fears and Insecurities, as Well as the Bombast and Jingoism, in British Thinking (History Review)

Homesteading with endangered breeds of livestock.(Rare breed livestock) (Countryside & Small Stock Journal)

Daniel Defoe: The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures (The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats)

COMMENT: Remain on track to find the next property hotspots. (Mortgage Strategy)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

24 X 7

Private Tutor

	24 x 7 Tutor Availability
	Unlimited Online Tutoring
	1-on-1 Tutoring

Explore Z Score Table , Free Math Help

Popular Areas

Infoplease Tools

The Family Education Network

About Infoplease,
Part of Family Education Network

© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease