Nutfield, Surrey

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Nutfield is a village and civil parish in Tandridge Borough Council in Surrey. It has a population of 2,728[1] The parish council chair person is Sheila Coombs and the clerk Helen Corrigan .[2]

The village lay within the Reigate hundred.

Nutfield appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Notfelle. It was held by Countess Ida of Boulogne (2nd wife of Count Eustace). Its domesday assets were: 3 hides; 1 church, 16 ploughs, 1 mill worth 2s, 10 acres of meadow, herbage worth 12 hogs. It rendered £15.[3]

The parish council was set up in 1894 under the terms of the Local Government Act. The council's work ranges from planning applications, allotments, cemetery, overgrown footpaths to dog fouling.

Nutfield parish council is opposed to the development of the Green Belt around the village of Nutfield.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census data
  2. ^ Nutfield Chairman's report
  3. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
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