Farleigh, Surrey
Farleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located in the North Downs AONB and the Metropolitan Green Belt, south east of Croydon, south of London and WNE of Surrey's county town, Guildford.
History
Early history
Farleigh lay within the Anglo-Saxon feudal division of Tandridge hundred.
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: hide; 2 ploughs, 1 ox, to its overlords per year rendering £3. Judging by the style of the western doorway of St Mary's Church, a date about the close of the 11th century is indicated, at least for the building of the first stone church. The present 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.
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