William Whiteley
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William Whiteley was an English entrepreneur of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the founder of the William Whiteley Limited retail company whose eponymous department store became the Wh
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Whiteley Village
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Whiteley Village, in Hersham, Surrey, England, is a retirement village, much of it designed architecturally by Arts and Crafts movement-influenced architect Reginald Blomfield. It is owned by the char
William Whiteley
…R.I.P." In his will Whiteley left £1 million (a fabulous amount at that time, equivalent in 2018 to £103 million). Some of the money was used to create Whiteley Village, a retirement village near Walton-on-Thames. Following his death, Whiteley's two sons carried on operating the business and opened a new shop in 1912…
Aerial view showing the geometrical design of this purpose-built retirement village.
Properties within the village's urban design.