Salfords

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See Salford for the city near Manchester

Salfords
Salfords shown within Surrey
Population	Approx. 1900 (2001)
OS grid reference	TQ279463
District	Reigate and Banstead
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Redhill
Postcode district	RH1
Dialling code	01293
	01737
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Reigate
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°12′05″N 0°10′06″W / 51.2014, -0.1683

Salfords is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Redhill on the A23 London to Brighton road. It was the original UK home of the Monotype Corporation and the railway station was originally built to service the corporation. The village lies within the Salfords and Sidlow parish in the census which has a population of 3,069.^[1] Nearby settlements include: Horley, Earlswood, Redhill and Whitebushes.

[edit] Etymology of place-name

Salfords means "willow-tree ford" from Old English sealh/salh "willow" and ford "ford. The name was recorded as Selefrid in 1193. This is similar to the Salford, Greater Manchester. The -s was added fairly recently.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Description

The village has its own church, primary school^[2], cricket club^[3], some shops, cafes, a social club, a tanning salon and a number of restaurants. Salfords stream runs through the village and can be the source of flooding in the autumn and winter months.^[4]

Salfords made the national news in January 2008 when a farmer named Robert Fidler built a personal home similar in style to a tudor castle and disguised it with hay bales and tarpaulin for four years in an attempt to avoid planning permission from Surrey County Council.^[5]