Limpsfield
Limpsfield | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Oxted | |
Postcode district | RH8 | |
Dialling code | 01883 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Limpsfield is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs close to Oxted railway station and the A25.[2] The composer Frederick Delius and orchestral conductor Sir Thomas Beecham are buried in the village churchyard. The village contains are 89 listed buildings.
History
The village lay within the
Limpsfield appears in the
Old Court Cottage in Titsey Road, formerly the
The parish church of Saint Peter was constructed in the late 12th century and is a grade I listed building, extensively restored in the 19th century. The tower, with two-light plate-tracery windows of c.1260, is made of ironstone rubble with stone dressings and dressed stone to north aisle. In addition it has a wooden-shingled spire with a wooden cross surmounted.[7] St Peter's church is also home to the last stained glass windows produced by John David Hayward, who lived for many years in nearby Edenbridge; the window depicts Saint Cecilia. Hayward was a leading artist in stained glass in the 20th century.[8]
There are approximately twenty
Landmarks
The village heart is in a conservation area and some of the surrounding area is
The village is served by Oxted railway station.
Limpsfield Grange is a SEND school for girls and formerly an open air school.[11]
Geography
The civil and ecclesiastical parish area is grouped to the north and south of
The M25 motorway is to the north and Junction 6 for Godstone is just 3+1⁄2 miles west.[2]
Nearby are three national rights of way: Vanguard Way, Pilgrims' Way and Greensand Way, the latter two along the hill ranges the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.
Localities
Limpsfield Chart
51°15′N 0°02′E / 51.25°N 0.04°E Limpsfield Chart, arguably a village in its own right, begins from the south side of the
The adjacent High Chart, south-east of Limpsfield, is a large area of woodland, owned by the
In the village is the
Within it is the halfway point in the Greensand Way long distance footpath which runs for 110 miles from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent along the Greensand Ridge.
Governance
Sam Gyimah was the Member of Parliament for East Surrey, which includes Limpsfield from 2010-2019. He joined the Liberal Democrats in 2019 having left the Conservatives. He stood down at the last General Election and was replaced by Conservative Claire Coutinho.
There is one representative on Surrey County Council representing Limpsfield as part of the Oxted division. Cameron McIntosh is the local Councillor and is a member of the Conservative group.[15]
There are two representatives on
Election | Member[16] |
Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Ian Booth | Limpsfield | |
2019 | Claire Blackwell | Limpsfield |
There is also a parish council with ten members.[17]
Demography and housing
Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes | shared between households[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Civil Parish) | 841 | 254 | 147 | 187 | 1 | 0 |
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Civil Parish) | 3,569 | 1,430 | 49.0% | 34.2% | 1,854 |
The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
Nearest settlements
Notable residents
The composer
The Scottish statesman and historian,
Rear Admiral Robert Gambier Middleton (1774-1837)[19][20] who was active in the Napoleonic Wars and was Storekeeper-General of the Navy from 1829 to 1832 is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
The German naval officer, maritime and naval writer, and committed Nazi Fritz-Otto Busch is buried in a corner of Limpsfield Churchyard.
Commander Robert Radcliffe Cooke, R.N., Retired [21] (7 March, 1883 – 22 August, 1924) who served in the Royal Navy is buried in the churchyard. Despite suffering from tuberulosis, he became an expert in wireless telegraphy.
Leonard Montague Greenwood MC (bar),DSO [22](1893-1918) who is buried in Rouen is commemorated on his parents' gravestone in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Glyn Ashfield DFC who fought in the Battle of Britain and died in 1942 when his Mosquito aircraft crashed on a low flying exercise [23] is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Sergeant Pilot John Ferguson RAFVR who died in 1942 when his Wellington Bomber crashed while on a night cross-country training flight [24] is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Brigadier Cecil Haigh, who was a Deputy Director of Ordnance Services in various roles during the Second World War is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Henry Alan Ede OBE who was Senior Inspector of Taxes in Birmingham in 1944 is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Cyril Jackson (educationist) is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.
Sophia Amelia Dent who was the widow of T.W.J. Dent of Flass in Westmoreland is buried in the churchyard. Her husband’s uncles Thomas, Lancelot and Wilkinson Dent were for some time British merchants based in Canton, China dealing primarily in opium.
Marmaduke Hilton, who is buried in Limpsfield Church was a "a West India merchant" and mortgagee of two slave-owning estates in Jamaica.[25]
Colin Cowdrey, former England cricket captain, resided in the village for many years.
Arthur Rackham, the book illustrator, lived and died in Pains Hill (a small hamlet to the south of Limpsfield village).
Davina McCall, the television host, spent much of her childhood in Limpsfield.
David Garnett, the novelist and Bloomsbury figure, spent his childhood in a house called The Cearne on the outskirts of the village. His mother Constance Garnett was a translator of Russian literature.
The composer Pamela Harrison and her conductor husband Harvey Phillips lived at The Cearne from the late 1940s and into the 1950s.
Jeremy Thorpe, politician, lived in Limpsfield for part of his childhood, and attended Hazelwood School.
See also
- List of places of worship in Tandridge (district)
References
- ^ United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ a b Online map distance reference tool Retrieved 27 April 2012
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book Archived 15 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Historic England. "Old Court Cottage (1029729)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-8528-5034-0.
- ^ Mason, Reginald Thomas (1969). Buildings of the Weald. Coach Publishing House Ltd. p. 111.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, High Street (1188814)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "JOHN DAVID HAYWARD". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "National Heritage List, online". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Local Cricket Club Website". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Limpsfield Grange Open Air School". Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Titsey parish meeting". www.tandridge.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006.
- ISBN 9780199609086.
- ^ Margary, Ivan (1948). Roman Ways in the Weald (3 ed.). London: J. M. Dent. pp. 133–135.
- ^ "List of Surrey CC Councillors". Surrey County Council. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Council Members". Tandridge District Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Parish Council Members". Limpsfield Parish Council. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ "Robert Gambier Middleton".
- ^ Marshall, John (1824). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 2, part 1. London: Longman and company. pp. 85–89.
- ^ "Robert Radcliff Cooke".
- ^ "Leonard Montague Greenwood (1893-1918)". www.durhamatwar.org.uk.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II W4099, 12 Dec 1942". aviation-safety.net.
- ^ "Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire". yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk.
- ^ "Marmaduke Hilton".
External links
Media related to Limpsfield at Wikimedia Commons