Editing Reigate (section)

===Old Town Hall===
{{main|Old Town Hall, Reigate}}
The old town hall, at the east end of the High Street, was constructed in around 1728.<ref name=NHLE_Old_Town_Hall>{{NHLE|num=1188608|desc=The Old Town Hall|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> It was built on the site of a chapel, dedicated to [[Thomas Becket|St Thomas Becket]] that was existence before 1330. Following the [[English Reformation|Reformation]], the chapel became a [[market house]]. It was demolished in around 1785 and was replaced by the current red brick structure.<ref>{{harvnb|Hooper|1979|pp=74=75}}</ref> The building served as the headquarters of Reigate Municipal Borough Council from its formation in 1863<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt1/pt1ReigateBorough.html |title= Policing the Victorian Countryside 1851-1901 |publisher= Open University |access-date= 28 December 2020 |archive-date= 19 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200219140719/http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt1/pt1ReigateBorough.html |url-status= live }}</ref> until the borough council moved to the [[Reigate Town Hall|new town hall]] in Castlefield Road in 1901.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Town Hall|num=1260489|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> Randal Vogan purchased the old town hall in 1922 and presented it to the Borough Council.<ref>{{harvnb|Goss|1995|p=76}}</ref>{{refn|Randal Vogan's generosity to Reigate is commemorated in two local street names: Randal Crescent and Vogan Close.<ref name="Ward 1998 86–87"/>|group=note|name=Vogan}}