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FRIMLEY, an urban district in the Farnham parliamentary by division of Surrey, England, 33a m. W.S.W. from London by the Southern railway, and 1 m. N. of Farnborough in Hampshire. Pop. of urban district (1931) 16,472. Its healthy climate, its position in the sandy heath-district of the west of Surrey, and its proximity to Aldershot Camp have contributed to its growth as a residential township. To the east the moorland rises in the picturesque elevation of Chobham Ridges ; and 3 m. N.E. is Bagshot, another village which has grown into a residential dis trict, on the heath of the same name extending into Berkshire. Bisley Camp, to which in 1890 the meetings of the National Rifle association were removed from Wimbledon, is 4 m. east. Conif erous trees and rhododendrons are characteristic products of the soil, and large nurseries are devoted to their cultivation.

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