Horne, Surrey

Horne

A water vole at the British Wildlife Centre
Horne

 Horne shown within Surrey
Population 805 (2001)
OS grid reference TQ3344
Parish Horne
District Tandridge
Shire county Surrey
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HORLEY
Postcode district RH6
Dialling code 01342
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament East Surrey
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Horne is a village and civil parish in the District of Tandridge in Surrey, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Newchapel, and has a population of 805.[1] The parish is located on the A22 road, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Horley, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of Lingfield, 8.0 miles (12.9 km) south west of Oxted, and 22.0 miles (35.4 km) south of Kingston upon Thames.

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History

The parish lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Tandridge hundred . The earliest reference to Horne by name was in the 12th Century. Horne did not become a parish in its own right until 1705, when the southern part of Bletchingley parish became the parish of Horne. In 1953 parish boundaries were changed with the southern part of Horne becoming the new Parish of Felbridge, whilst parts of Godstone and Tandridge were added.

Landmarks

A temporary air field was established to support the Normandy Landings in early 1944 on farmland straddling Bones Lane. It was constructed in three months and used for just seven weeks from May to June 1944. Thereafter it served as an anti-V-1 rocket balloon site for a month and was returned to Farmland in 1945.

The much restored church in the heart of the village, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, has 14th and 15th century windows. The south door dates from 1250, and there is a 14th century oak screen and 15th century chancel beams. Considerable restoration was undertaken in 1880.[2]

The British Wildlife Centre lies in the east of the parish, and has a collection of over 40 species of wildlife. The centre, developed on the site of a former dairy farm, opened in 1997, and participates in captive breeding programmes.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Tandridge". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790534. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "St Mary the Virgin, Horne". A Church Near You. Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/horne-st-mary-the-virgin/. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Animals at the British Wildlife Centre". British Wildlife Centre. http://www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/index.htm. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "The Story of the Centre". British Wildlife Centre. http://www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/index.htm. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "Conservation Objectives". British Wildlife Centre. http://www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/conservation/conservationframeset.htm. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Horne,_Surrey Horne, Surrey] at Wikimedia Commons
Towns, villages and hamlets in the Tandridge (district) District of Surrey, England