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Reigate , city (1991 pop. 52,554), Surrey, S England. Largely residential, Reigate has numerous parks that attract visitors from London. In the partly Norman church is the tomb of Lord Howard of Effingham, who defeated the Spanish Armada. A technical college is there. Reigate and the smaller town of Banstead constitute the district of Reigate and Banstead.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Reigate Surrey. Reigata c.1170. ‘Gate for female roe-deer’. OE rǣge + geat.

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Reigate, England/UK Reigata ‘Gate for female Roe Deer’ from the Old English ræge ‘female roe’ and geat ‘gate’.

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