Salfords/ˈsælfʊdz/SAL-fudz) is a village in theboroughofReigate and Bansteadin Surrey, England. It lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south ofRedhillon theA23London toBrightonroad. The village is within thecivil parishofSalfords and Sidlowwhich covers a population of 3,069,[1]and has aparish council.
| Salfords | |
|---|---|
 Community Centre, phone box and newsagent | |
  Salfords Location withinSurrey | |
| Population | Approx. 1900 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | TQ279463 |
| •London | 21 miles (34 km) |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Redhill |
| Postcode district | RH1 |
| Dialling code | 01293 01737 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Toponymy
editThe earliest written record of the village is from the assizes roll of 1279, in which a "Stephen de Salford" is mentioned as a resident. It appears in later documents asSalfordebrugg(1316),Saleford(1355) andSallforde(1535). The first part is thought to derive from theOld Englishsealh,meaningwillow,and the name is generally agreed to mean "ford by the willow tree(s)".[2]
Description
editThe village has its own 20th century church, Christ The King,[3]primary school,[4]cricketclub,[5]some shops, cafes, a social club, a tanning salon, a number of restaurants and a take away. Salfords Stream runs through the village and can cause flooding in the autumn and winter months.[6]The southern boundary is marked by theBurstowstream. Both are minorRiver Moletributaries, itself a tributary of theRiver Thames.The only buildings old enough to be listed structures in the village are two adjoining houses on Brighton Road and The Mill House Hotel[7]on the Salfords Stream.
The village once boasted a woodenwatermillwith two sluice gates next to the Mill House Hotel. It produced breakfast cereals in the early twentieth century. By the 1950s it was defunct and has since been dismantled and partly washed away.
Salfords made the national news in January 2008 when a farmer named Robert Fidler built a personal home atHoneycrock Farmsimilar in style to aTudorcastleand disguised it with hay bales andtarpaulinfor four years in an attempt to avoid planning permission fromReigate and Banstead Borough Council.[8][9][10]
Surrey Police opened a 24-cell custody suite at the IO centre on Salbrook Road in 2013, replacing an existing 12-cell facility at Reigate. The force had originally intended to build a 30-cell suite in Salfords, but reduced the scale of the development after the initial planning application was declined by the borough council.[11][12][13]
History
editUntil the 1970s Salfords was part ofHorleyand with its own Victorian Chapel Church, owing its existence to the construction of the A23 road. ASaxontrackway ran from Earlswood to Horley midway between the London to Brighton railway and the modern main road.[14]It then ran in front of the former Monotype Corporation site towards the Horley gasometer, passed the moated Thunderfield Castle (a 13th-century manor) on 'Harolds Lea'[15]and reached the south coast nearBrighton.
In the 1870s a state school was built on the fork between the London Road and Woodhatch Road on Petridge Common. The school consisted of four classrooms three were divided by sliding glass doors. The head teacher was located upstairs above the cloakrooms. InWorld War IItwoair raid shelterswere built on opposite sides of the long tapering playground. In the mid-1950s the then "Salfords County Primary School" started to expand and relocated to Copsleigh Avenue.
Therailway stationwas built in 1915 to enable workers access to theMonotype Corporationfactory. Today it is served by London Bridge/London Victoria to Horsham trains. On the main road Hall & Co, the dominant building materials supplier in the south east of England had their regional maintenance depot, used in WWII to repair war tanks.
Cricket club
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Salfords Cricket Club is a villagecricketclub. The club runs two Saturday League sides in the Surrey Downs League and a Sunday friendly side. The club host a "Cricket Week" of mid-week games each July, and a tour every August. The club now play on a council-owned ground on Petridge Wood Common, off Woodhatch Road. Salfords Cricket Club was formed in 1921.[16]The Club's first captain was Tom Enever, whose photograph can be seen in the pavilion today. The Council relocated the club to its present ground at Petridge Wood Common in 1960.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Census
- ^Gover, J.E.B;Mawer, A.;Stenton, F.M.(1969).The place-names of Surrey.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 295.
- ^Church of England active churches finder
- ^Salfords Primary School
- ^Salfords cricket clubArchived26 June 2008 at theWayback Machine
- ^Surrey flood alertArchived22 December 2007 at theWayback Machine
- ^Historic England."Details from listed building database (1180097)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved31 May2012.
- ^"Fight to save hay hidden castle".BBC News.25 January 2008.
- ^"Farmer loses high court bid to save hidden castle".BBC News.3 February 2010.
- ^"Demolition of Surrey 'hidden castle' almost complete".BBC News.3 June 2016.
- ^"Minister warns Surrey police over custody suite plan".BBC News.6 January 2011.Retrieved9 October2023.
- ^"Surrey Police unveil £7.7m Salfords custody suite".BBC News.2 November 2013.Retrieved9 October2023.
- ^"Salfords police custody suite is approved".Surrey Live.2 July 2013 [21 July 2011].Retrieved9 October2023.
- ^Ellaby, Roger L. (1982)."Earlswood-Salfords-Horley ancient trackway"(PDF).Surrey Archaeological Collections.73:173–174.doi:10.5284/1069056.
- ^Historic England."Thunderfield Castle medieval moated site (1013348)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved31 May2012.
- ^"Salfords Cricket Club - the History of Salfords Cricket Club".Archived fromthe originalon 21 November 2008.Retrieved24 November2009.
External links
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