Remains of the moated site of Woking Palace. This unusually large moated site was a royal residence from at least 1272. It was used by Edward IV and Henry VIII. The moat has no southern arm, as the southern side of the site is defined by the River Wey. A submerged timber structure was discovered in the river, at the eastern end of the site, in 1996. It is believed to have been a wharf contemporary with the moated site. On the western side of the site, the moat has a slight outer bank and a substantial inner bank, with, in turn, an inner, narrower moat. Water was directed from this inner moat into two parallel fishponds, then onto a third, now partly infilled, fishpond, and finally into an internal projection of the moat which led northwards from the centre of the site to the main moat circuit. There is a causeway entrance in the middle of the eastern arm. In the centre of the moat stands a stone building with C14 doorway and a brick barrel vault.

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Name	Woking Palace
Alternative Names	Old Hall
Historic County	Surrey
Civil Parish	Woking
Type	Palace
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Major
Listed	Not listed
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	TQ029570
Eastings	502960
Northing	157040
Images of England Reference
PastScape Reference	394104
Historic Environment Record	463

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Books

• Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p383-4
• Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of Surrey (Malvern) p24
• Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p76, 79, 83, 161, 189, 193
• Jones, Michael K. and Underwood, Malcolm, 1992, The King's Mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (Cambridge University Press) p47, 52, 54, 66, 82, 94, 96, 138-42, 146, 264
• Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p344-8
• Pevsner, N., 1962, The Buildings of England: Surrey (London, Penguin) p336
• Clinch and Montgomerie, 1911, Malden, H.E. (ed), VCH Surrey Vol3 p382-3

Journals

• Hawkins, Nancy, 1986, 'Woking Palace or Old Hall, Old Woking, Scheduled Ancient Monument No 125' Surrey Archaeol Collect Vol77 p240
• Haggard, D.J., 1958, Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol55 p124-6
• Godwin-Austen, R.A.C., 1880, Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol7 p44-9 [plan]

Guidebooks

• Woking Palace, Henry VIII's Royal Palace (Friends of Woking Palace)

Unpublished

• Woking Palace CD (Friends of Woking Palace)