Farleigh, Surrey
| Farleigh | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 The Harrow Inn, Old Farleigh Road | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ372602 |
| Location: | 51°19’28"N, 0°1’56"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Warlingham |
| Postcode: | CR6 |
| Dialling code: | 01883 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tandridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Surrey |
Farleigh is a village in the east of Surrey, in the North Downs and within the Metropolitan Green Belt, four and a half miles south-east of Croydon. It is in the county's Tandridge Hundred.
Together with Chelsham, the total population of the civil parish was measured at 356 in 2001.
History
Early history
Farleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as the manor of Ferlega. It was held by Robert de Wateville from Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare and de Tonbridge). Its Domesday assets were: half a hide; 2 ploughs, 1 ox, to its overlords per year rendering £3.[1][2]
In the 13th century the manor belonged to Walter de Merton, who founded Merton College, Oxford and settled his property in Farleigh upon the new society. The living is a discharged rectory which gives rise to chancel repair liability on the holders of Merton College's land.[3] The church is on an elevated site, and consists of a body and chancel only, with no tower.[3] King Charles I in 1634 confirmed the rights of the manor with the advowson and certain woods called Farley Parks, Farley Frith, Popletwood and Hedgegroves.[2]
Post Industrial Revolution
In 1848 area comprised 1,060 acres, of which 690 acres were arable, 320 acres woodland, and the remainder pasture, statistics which are little changed today.[4] By that time the tithes had been commuted for £177 4s, and the glebe consisted of 28½ acres.[3]
In 1911 Merton College continued to hold the manor.[2]
Parish church
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The parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade I listed building.[5]
The style of the western doorway suggests a date about the close of the 11th century, at least for the building of the first stone church. The present church building is of field flints, with the original rough yellow plaster or mortar coat outside, and with dressings of local firestone and inside a little caen stone.
About the village
Fickleshole
Fickleshole is a hamlet and neighbourhood about a mile east of Farleigh.
Fickleshole is mainly used for farming, with stables home to over eighty horses. Fickleshole was established in the early sixteenth century. Roads leading to the hamlet are very narrow with passing places, based on the old roads as used by horse and carts. Many of the roads are unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles. The White Bear public house, with its white bear sculpture outside, is the main landmark of the hamlet.
Sport and leisure
- Football: Farleigh Rovers F.C., in Warlingham, whose ground is called Parsonage Field.
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References
- ↑ Farleigh, Surrey in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A History of the County of Surrey - Volume 4 pp 281-283: Parishes: Farley (Victoria County History)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Farleigh, West – Farndish@
- ↑ Map created by Ordnance Survey, courtesy of English Heritage Template:Webarchive
- ↑ National Heritage List 1377637: St Mary's Church, Farleigh (Grade I listing)