Lingfield, Surrey
| Lingfield | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ395385 |
| Location: | 51°10’30"N, 0°1’2"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 4,215 (2001) |
| Post town: | Oxted |
| Postcode: | RH7 |
| Dialling code: | 01342 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tandridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Surrey |
Lingfield is a village in south-eastern Surrey. It is most famous for its horse racing course, Lingfield Park. Lingfield lies to the east of a section of the A22 which runs between Godstone and East Grinstead. Dormansland is a neighbouring village. The village is within the Tandridge Hundred.
The Greenwich Meridian passes to the east of Lingfield. Lingfield was not listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Parish church
The Church of St Peter and St Paul was rebuilt in 1431, although the original 14th century tower remains. Its collection of brasses and monuments are amongst the finest in Britain.[1] There had been a church on the site for some centuries before the 14th century building.[2]
About the village
The area around the church has been designated a conservation area and includes many well-preserved buildings from the 16th to 18th centuries. In the main street, there is a cross and village cage. The cage, last used in 1882 to hold a poacher, was built in 1773.
The library is housed in the Old Guest House of the College for Secular Chaplains built in 1431. This hall-house is all that remains of the original College.
Two miles to the east is the site of Starborough Castle, fortified by Lord Cobham in 1341. Little now remains except the moat, which is stone revetted, waterfilled and in good condition.
On the Haxted Road towards Edenbridge, is Haxted Watermill. The double-fronted mill was built in two halves, the first around 1580 and the other in 1794. It has been fully restored and is a unique combination of a working watermill and a museum of mill machinery used for water-power, as well as being a highly rated restaurant, earning an "Award of Distinction" from TopRestaurants.[3]
Lingfield is also home to one of the world's oldest cricket clubs, with the first recorded match being against London on the 18th June 1739.[4]
The village has a variety of public houses and restaurants including the Old Cage, built in 1592 and now named after the nearby village lock-up. Despite the village's modest size, it has a number of other pubs, two Indian restaurants and a Thai Restaurant/bar.
Lingfield has many social events, clubs and societies, for instance, the Lingfield and Dormansland Rifle Club which caters to a wide variety of competition shooters, and the Lingfield Silver Band - a traditional village brass band.
Lingfield is also home to the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy, (formerly St. Piers, before that Lingfield Hospital School and before that Lingfield Epileptic Colony), which provides residential care and education for students with epilepsy and learning difficulties.
Lingfield has a thriving sports scene, with established football and cricket clubs playing in the village.
References
- ↑ Lingfield Parish church
- ↑ East Surrey family history society
- ↑ London's Best Restaurants guide
- ↑ H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773), Blackwood, 1899
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