Editing Reigate (section)

===Governance===
Reigate appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Cherchefelle''. It was held by [[William the Conqueror]], who had assumed the lordship in 1075 on the death of [[Edith of Wessex]], widow of [[Edward the Confessor]]. The settlement included two [[Mill (grinding)|mills]] worth 11s 10d, land for 29 [[plough]] teams,{{refn|Each plough team was capable of cultivating {{convert|120|acre|ha|abbr=on}} per year, giving a total area of {{convert|3480|acre|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} of arable land in Reigate in 1086.<ref name=Hooper_1979_pp20-21>{{harvnb|Hooper|1979|pp=20–21}}</ref>|group=note}} [[woodland]] and herbage for 140 [[Domestic pig|swine]], [[pasture]] for 43 pigs and {{convert|12|acre|ha|1|abbr=on}} of [[meadow]]. The manor [[feudalism|rendered]] £40 per year in 1086 and the residents included 67 villagers and 11 smallholders.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |title= Surrey Domesday Book |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070715015325/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |archive-date= 15 July 2007}}</ref><ref name=Reigate_Domesday>{{cite web |url= https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2161/epsom/ |title= Reigate |author= Powell-Smith A |year= 2011 |publisher= Open Domesday |access-date= 22 September 2021 |archive-date= 1 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011757/https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2161/epsom/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The Domesday Book also records that the town was part of the larger [[Reigate Hundred|Hundred of Cherchefelle]].<ref name=Hooper_1979_pp20-21/>

The non-corporate [[Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)|Borough of Reigate]], covering roughly the town centre, was formed in 1295. It elected two MPs until the [[Reform Act 1832]] when it lost one.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20420/units |title= A Vision of Britain: First mention of Redhill, units and statistics |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150107185645/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20420/units |archive-date=2015-01-07 |publisher= [[University of Portsmouth]]}}</ref> In 1868, Reigate borough was disenfranchised for corruption,<ref>{{cite news |date= 15 June 1968 |title= Parliamentary changes under the New Reform Act |work= Birmingham Daily Post |issue= 3089 |page= 5 }}</ref> but representation in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] was restored to the town in the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]] ([[48 & 49 Vict.]] c. 23).<ref>{{cite act |title= Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 |type=  |number= (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) |language= English |date= 25 June 1885 |url= https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater&q=reigate |access-date= 21 June 2023 }}</ref>

The manor of ''Cherchefelle'' was granted to [[William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey|William de Warenne]] when he became [[Earl of Surrey]] {{circa|1090}} and under his patronage, Reigate began to thrive. The castle was constructed shortly afterwards and the modern town was established to the south in the late 12th century.<ref name=O_Connell>{{cite journal |last= O'Connell |first= M |year= 1977 |title= Historic Towns in Surrey |journal= Surrey Archaeological Society Research Volumes |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2249-1/dissemination/pdf/r_vol_5/surreyrv005_025-048_godalming.pdf |access-date= 30 January 2021 |volume= 5 |page= 41 |archive-date= 30 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210130182832/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2249-1%2Fdissemination%2Fpdf%2Fr_vol_5%2Fsurreyrv005_025-048_godalming.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> An [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[priory]], founded by [[William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey|the fifth Earl of Surrey]], is recorded in 1240.<ref name=Robertson_2003/> By 1276, a regular market was being held and a record of 1291 describes Reigate as a [[ancient borough|Borough]].<ref name=O_Connell/> On the death of the seventh Earl, [[John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey|John de Warenne]], in 1347, the manor passed to his [[sibling-in-law|brother-in-law]], [[Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel|Richard Fitzalan]], the third [[Earl of Arundel]]. In 1580 both Earldoms passed through the female line to [[Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel|Phillip Howard]], whose father, [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk|Thomas Howard]], had forfeited the title of [[Duke of Norfolk]] and had been executed for his involvement in the [[Ridolfi plot|Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth I]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Norfolk, Earls and Dukes of|volume=19|page=744}}</ref> The dukedom [[Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk|was restored to the family]] in 1660, following the accession of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]].<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Arundel, Earls of|volume=2|pages=706–709}}</ref>

[[Tudor period#Local government|Reforms during the Tudor period]] reduced the importance of [[manorial court]]s and the day-to-day administration of towns such as Reigate became the responsibility of the [[vestry]] of the parish church.<ref>{{harvnb|Kümin|1996|pp=250–255}}</ref> By the early 17th century, the {{convert|5000|acre|km2|adj=on|abbr=on|order=flip}} ecclesiastical parish had been divided for administrative purposes into two parts: the "Borough of Reigate", which broadly corresponded to the modern town centre, and "Reigate Foreign", which included the five petty boroughs of Santon, Colley, Woodhatch, Linkfield and Hooley.<ref name=Greenwood_2008_pp4-5>{{harvnb|Greenwood|2008|pp=4–5}}</ref>{{refn|The division of Reigate parish into two distinct administrative areas is unusual among Surrey towns.<ref name=Greenwood_2008_pp4-5/>|group=note}} The two parts were reunited in 1863 as a [[Municipal Borough]] with a council of elected representatives chaired by a mayor.<ref name=Greenwood_2008_pp4-5/><ref>{{harvnb|Hooper|1979|pp=180–181}}</ref> The Borough was extended in 1933 to include Horley, Merstham, Buckland and Nutfield.<ref>{{harvnb|Hooper|1979|p=190}}</ref>

The [[Local Government Act 1972]] created Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, by combining the Reigate Borough with Banstead Urban District and the eastern part of the Dorking and Horley Rural District.{{refn|Buckland and Nutfield were transferred to [[Mole Valley]] and [[Tandridge District]]s respectively.|group=note}} Since its inception in 1974, the council has been based in the Town Hall in Castlefield Road, Reigate.<ref name=R&B_Guide>{{harvnb|Reigate_&_Banstead_Guide|1989|p=33}}</ref>