Limpsfield is a village and
parish in the east of the county of Surrey
, England
near
Oxted
at the foot of the North Downs
. It lies between the A25 to the south and the M25 motorway
to the north, near the Clackett Lane service station.
It is near
three important national rights of way: Vanguard Way, Pilgrims' Way
and Greensand
Way
.
History
The
village lay within the Anglo-Saxon
administrative division of Tandridge
hundred.
Limpsfield appears in
Domesday Book of
1086 as
Limenesfeld. It was held by the Abbot of
Battle Abbey,
Sussex. Its
domesday assets were: 1 church, 1
mill worth 2s, 19
ploughs, 1
fishery, of
meadow,
woodland
worth 150
hog, 2 stone
quarries, 3 nests of
hawks. It
rendered £24.
The parish church of
St. Peter was
constructed in the late 12th century. There are over twenty
medieval buildings within the parish.
The composer
Frederick Delius is
buried in the churchyard of the
Norman parish church of St. Peter's, as
is his wife Jelka.
The English orchestra conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, is also buried there,
only a few metres from Delius, whose music he supported and
promoted. Another nearby grave is occupied by the cellist
Beatrice Harrison, who lived
locally in Oxted, and who worked closely with both Delius and
Beecham.
Today
The village is in a conservation area and some of the surrounding
area is
National Trust land including Limpsfield Common. Staffhurst
Wood is also within the parish boundaries and is notable for its
bluebells in spring.
Limpsfield
Chart
, a hamlet to the south east of the village has a
golf course and cricket club. Limpsfield itself has a
cricket club, a soccer team and a tennis club.
The
village is served by Oxted railway station
.
Notable residents
Over time, the parish has been home to a number of notable
residents:
- Colin Cowdrey, former England
cricket captain, resided in the village for many years.
- The book illustrator Arthur
Rackham lived and died in Pains Hill (a small hamlet to the
south of Limpsfield village).
- The big brother host, Davina
McCall, spent much of her childhood in Limpsfield.
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