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Originally Posted by garinda

Britain's first mosque actually opened, in what was then still Lancashire, one hundred and seventeen years ago, in 1889.

The first purpose built mosque opened in the same year in Woking, Surrey.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/herita...rticle_1.shtml

I wonder if it is any coincidence that only a few years later, H.G.Wells placed the initial Alien invaision in "War of the Worlds" in Woking?