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St. George's College was
opened here in 1884 by Roman Catholic Brothers of the Josephite order from
a core of school buildings previously owned by Baron Petre about Woburn Park
House. Some 61 boys moved over from the 1869 St. George's College, Croydon.
Woburn, meaning "crooked stream", gave its name to the medieval
family living on the estate and to the Bourne crossing Chertsey Meads. In
1735 Philip Southcote purchased the land and created an "ornamental farm"
with grotto and follies, arches and gateways - some of them designed by William
Kent, including the rusticated entrance seen from the main road (now not used
as the present main entrance is off the roundabout). The adjacent Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) is on the site of the second St.
Augustine's Church in Addlestone, known as the "Tin Church", built
in 1891.
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