73-615: Caterham ( / ˈ k eɪ t ər ə m / ) is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey , England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill , and Caterham Valley , which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valley but rises to equal heights to the south. The town lies close to the A22 , 21 miles (34 kilometres) from Guildford and 6 miles (10 kilometres) south of Croydon , in an upper valley cleft into
146-677: A Caprice péruvien for orchestra, from Lord Berners' opera Le carrosse du St Sacrement . There are also scores for two films: The Halfway House (1943) and Nicholas Nickleby (1947), for which Ealing's music director, Ernest Irving , provided the orchestrations. Berners himself once said that he would have been a better composer if he had accepted fewer lunch invitations. However, English composer Gavin Bryars , quoted in Peter Dickinson 's biography of Berners, disagrees saying: "If he had spent more time on his music he could have become
219-522: A "town council". The Royal Mail classes Caterham, Godstone, Lingfield, Oxted, Warlingham, and Whytleafe as post towns . [REDACTED] Each civil parish is named after one of its towns or villages which has been established around an Anglican church. All other settlements/neighbourhoods with their own Anglican church or chapel and therefore traditionally in England defined as "a village " are marked with an asterisk. A double asterisk indicates
292-463: A 21-year-old woman, Jennifer Fry , who had a baby nine months later. For a short time, she and the baby lived at Faringdon House with Heber-Percy and Berners. As well as being a talented musician, Berners was a skilled artist and writer. He appears in many books and biographies of the period, notably portrayed as Lord Merlin in Nancy Mitford 's The Pursuit of Love . He was a friend of
365-434: A duller composer". Dinah Birch , reviewing The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me , a biography of Berners written by Robert's granddaughter, Sofka Zinovieff , concurs saying: "Had he committed himself to composition as his life's work, perhaps his legacy would have been more substantial. But his music might have been less innovative, for its amateur quality — 'amateur in the best sense', as Stravinsky insisted —
438-477: A few early Victorian outlying homes and its church listed. The only state run secondary school is in this part of the town, but it has two private primary schools. The Caterham Barracks Trust run some facilities at the site of the former Caterham Barracks . The site is occupied by a supermarket, a housing estate comprising social and some private housing, and various leisure facilities including an arts centre (The Arc), and an indoor Skate park (Skaterham) housed in
511-477: A guest, recalled: "No dogs admitted" at the top of the stairs and "Prepare to meet thy God" painted inside a wardrobe. When people complimented him on his delicious peaches he would say "Yes, they are ham-fed". And he used to put Woolworth pearl necklaces round his dogs' necks [Berners had a dalmatian, Heber-Percy the retriever, Pansy Lamb] and when a guest, rather perturbed, ran up saying "Fido has lost his necklace", G said, "Oh dear, I'll have to get another out of
584-422: A job cataloguing books. Following the production of his last ballet Les Sirènes (1946) he lost his eyesight. He died in 1950 aged 66 at Faringdon House, bequeathing his estate to Robert Heber-Percy, who lived there until his own death in 1987. His ashes are buried in the lawn near the house. Berners wrote his own epitaph , which appears on his gravestone: Berners' early music, written during his period at
657-427: A second, slighter terrace are situated further down the slope, representing evidence of additional scarping. The defences to the north east include an inner bank 5m wide and up to 0.5m high from the interior and 4m high from the exterior with a surrounding ditch 8m wide and 0.6m deep. Beyond this is a counterscarp bank 6m wide and up to 1m high. A 35m long section of a second ditch, which has become partially infilled over
730-450: A story by Sacheverell Sitwell ) and Luna Park , commissioned for a C. B. Cochran London revue in 1930. His final three ballets, A Wedding Bouquet , Cupid and Psyche and Les Sirènes , were all written in collaboration with his friends Frederick Ashton (as choreographer) and Constant Lambert (as music director). Berners was also friendly with William Walton . Walton dedicated Belshazzar's Feast to Berners, and Lambert arranged
803-589: A string of murders and bombings; they were released in April 1999 following the Good Friday Agreement . There are three tiers of local government in Caterham, at parish, district, and county level. The town is split between two civil parishes: Caterham on the Hill covering the older hilltop village, and Caterham Valley covering the newer town which grew up around Caterham railway station at the foot of
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#1732772770699876-521: A third of the council elected each time to serve a four-year term. Surrey County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections. The entire district is divided into civil parishes . The former Caterham and Warlingham Urban District was an unparished area until 2000, when six parishes were created covering that area: Caterham-on-the-Hill, Caterham Valley, Chaldon, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham. None of Tandridge's parish councils are styled as
949-472: A very narrow, fairly steep ridge south of Caterham Valley's centre; east of the centre of Caterham Valley are marginally higher rolling pastures of the North Downs on top of a more crevassed smaller mass of upland which forms the village of Woldingham followed by a much larger area of upland stretching from Biggin Hill to Downe and Knockholt , Kent . The M25 motorway (between junctions 6 and 7)
1022-689: A wide dry valley opening to the north (to Warlingham ) and along its slopes is a product of the Victorian age and the coming of the Caterham railway line in 1856, which is still a terminus. Victorian expansion of the town required the building of a much larger parish church, leading to the Church of St Mary the Virgin's building in 1866, directly across the road from St Lawrence's. As it also grew Caterham Valley gained its own Anglican church, to St. John
1095-471: Is 80 to 90m below and less than 200m south of the North Downs path and the southern border of Caterham Valley civil parish and is linked by an uninterrupted hilltop dual carriageway to the north of Caterham and its lowest point, Croydon Road roundabout. In the south of Caterham are the following hills: The parish is on the Chalk downs, but they are in great part capped by clay and gravel Elevations range from
1168-635: Is Maureen Gibbins. Caterham on the Hill has three wards, Portley, Queen's Park and Westway, each electing three parish councillors. The parish council clerk is Helen Broughton. The ancient parish of Caterham was part of the Tandridge Hundred . The parish was included in the Godstone Poor Law Union in 1835. When parish and district councils were established in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 , Caterham
1241-470: Is a folly built south west of the town, alongside War Coppice Road, by local landowner Jeremiah Long in 1862. The civil parish of Caterham Valley has the more developed shopping area presenting the main town centre for the whole community and has a population of 7,581. The parish church of St. John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1882. The railway station is a terminus in the central, dry valley at
1314-470: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since 2019. It has been led since 2021 by a minority administration comprising local party the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group (OLRG) and some of the independent councillors. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside
1387-448: Is here on top of the southern edge of the North Downs. Soil here has the expected shallow, lime-rich soil over chalk or limestone of the escarpment with lower parts of the escarpment summit here, where the topsoil has eroded, having slightly acid, loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage, which makes that soil particularly fertile. The gault clay and the middle chalk that lies under the North Downs are both at their thickest around
1460-667: Is inseparable from its distinctive flair". Berners was the subject of BBC Radio 3 's Composer of the Week programmes in December 2014. Berners wrote four autobiographical works and some novels, mostly of a humorous nature. All were published and some went into translations. His autobiographies First Childhood (1934), A Distant Prospect (1945), The Château de Résenlieu (published posthumously) and Dresden are both witty and affectionate. Berners obtained some notoriety for his roman à clef The Girls of Radcliff Hall (punning on
1533-477: Is small private establishment on the outskirts of the town run by the Ramsay Health Care UK . Part of Caterham Valley Business Community is represented by a business improvement district , which is publicly known as Caterham Valley For You. Caterham Police Station, operated by Surrey Police is located in the middle of the valley; the local St John Ambulance unit shares the building. Caterham on
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#17327727706991606-412: The Local Government Act 1972 , with the area merging with neighbouring Godstone Rural District to become Tandridge District on 1 April 1974. For its first few years Tandridge District Council used the offices of both its predecessor districts in Caterham and Oxted, until 1989 when it moved to new offices in Oxted on the site of the old Godstone Rural District Council's buildings. The new building in Oxted
1679-582: The North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Weald . It also contains several woodlands and some open heathland. Elevations above sea level range from 267 m (876 ft) at Botley Hill , in the North Downs near Oxted, to 42 m (138 ft) near Edenbridge . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the whole area of two former districts, which were both abolished at
1752-534: The dip slope of the North Downs . Caterham on the Hill is above the valley to the west. An encampment on the top of White Hill, in Caterham Valley south of Caterham School, between Bletchingley and the town centre is called The Cardinal's Cap which was excavated and inspected in designating it a Scheduled Ancient Monument . With close ramparts forming two or more lines, archaeologists describe
1825-588: The 14th holder of the Berners Barony, after inheriting the title, property, and money from an uncle. His inheritance included Faringdon House , in Faringdon , Oxfordshire, which he initially gave to his mother and her second husband; on their deaths in 1931 he moved into the house himself. In 1932, Berners fell in love with Robert Heber-Percy , 28 years his junior, who became his companion and moved into Faringdon House. Unexpectedly, Heber-Percy married
1898-795: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead to the west, the London Borough of Croydon to the north, the London Borough of Bromley to the north-east, the Sevenoaks District of Kent to the east, the Wealden District of East Sussex to the south-east, the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex to the south and the Borough of Crawley , also in West Sussex, to the south-west. The district contains parts of
1971-630: The British embassy in Rome during World War I , was avant-garde in style. These are mostly songs (in English, French and German) and piano pieces, many written using his original name, Gerald Tyrwhitt. Later pieces were composed in a more accessible style, such as the Trois morceaux , Fantaisie espagnole (1919), Fugue in C minor (1924), and several ballets, including The Triumph of Neptune (1926) (based on
2044-599: The Evangelist , which was consecrated in 1882. From 1877 Caterham Barracks on the hill was a depot for the Foot Guards regiments. The barracks were closed in 1995 and the site was redeveloped for housing. Two main streets (there is only one road called High Street – Caterham on the Hill) therefore serve two very close yet substantial and affluent communities (see demographics), one with the railway station and more modern buildings, one with more historic buildings as soon as
2117-422: The Hill is the second of the two civil parishes. This clustered development or village is directly to the northwest of the other entire Valley part of the town and does not have steep slopes or a wide divide between upland and downland developments unlike Caterham Valley. It has a population of 11,555; it was the original development in the area so has more listed buildings compared to Caterham Valley, which has
2190-654: The Mitford family and close to Diana Guinness , although Berners was politically apathetic and was deeply dismayed by the outbreak of the Second World War . Berners was notorious for his eccentricity, dyeing pigeons at his house in Faringdon in vibrant colours and at one point entertaining Penelope Betjeman's horse Moti to tea. The interior of the house was enlivened with joke books and notices, such as "Mangling Done Here". Patrick Leigh Fermor , who stayed as
2263-507: The Public committing suicide from this tower do so at their own risk". Berners also drove around his estate wearing a pig's-head mask to frighten the locals. He was subject throughout his life to periods of depression which became more pronounced during the Second World War , when he had a nervous breakdown. He lived in lodgings for a period in Oxford where his friend Maurice Bowra got him
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2336-601: The area in 2000, with the former urban district being split into six parishes: Caterham on the Hill, Caterham Valley, Chaldon, Warlingham, Whyteleafe , and Woldingham. Caterham is 21 miles (34 kilometres) from the county town of Guildford and 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (25 kilometres) south of London. Caterham on the Hill is located on a considerable area of upland extending north past adjoining Kenley Aerodrome to Kenley and Hartley Hill in Reedham . This elevated area carries on west until Hooley / Old Merstham and forms
2409-500: The banks of the ramparts having been palisaded and revetted to strengthen their defence. The town lies within the Anglo-Saxon feudal division of Tandridge hundred . Caterham's church of St Lawrence is of Norman construction and retains a rector as its incumbent . In the reign of King John , Roger son of Everard de Gaist gave this including its church lands to the monastery of Waltham Holy Cross . Everard's grandfather
2482-534: The closest hill (to the northwest) is climbed from the heart of Caterham Valley. This set-up means that localism is present in that the Godstone Road during the middle of the 20th century bypassed Caterham Valley staying high and using Tillingdown, along the east of Caterham Valley from St John's School to the Croydon Road roundabout, thereby removing A22 traffic, while businesses set up and thrived in
2555-622: The council's administration. The next election is due 7 May 2026. The council is based at the Council Offices on Station Road East in Oxted (the building is actually in the parish of Limpsfield ). The building was purpose-built for the council in 1989 on the site of the old Godstone Rural District Council's headquarters. Since the last boundary changes in 2024, the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 18 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly
2628-592: The dissolution to Lord Berners who died in debt in 1533 resulting in bona vacantia and seizure by the Crown. In 1570 Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (as Lord Buckhurst), later Lord High Treasurer , held the 'manor of Caterham and Portele farm,' which he conveyed in that year to Henry Shelley; Sir Thomas's Sondes's widow leased the lands in 1599 to her half-brother, Main Plot seditionist Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham . Then in 1615 her daughter Frances Leveson gave
2701-529: The estate. De Stafford School in Caterham on the Hill occupies a small part of the estate and is named after the earlier known owner. Adjoining Sunnydown School, state-run, is at what was Portley House and is for secondary education for boys with a Statement of Special Educational Needs. The only manor did not have as high-profile owners. In 1339 John de Horne released some land in Caterham (and more in Warlingham) to Roger Salaman, who at his death in 1343
2774-711: The firm of Day & Martin held but leaving no clear heirs this estate ended up in the hands of the chancery . Taxing (costs) judge George Henry Drew held the main lands and title followed by W. L. Williams in 1911. Under Rev. James Legrew in the early 19th century the church tithes were commuted for £400, retaining a glebe of 5 acres (2.0 ha). In 1840 Caterham contained a total of 477 residents (figures taken from that census, compiled in an 1848 topographical encyclopedia) and in 1848 468 acres (189 ha) of its 2,386 acres (966 ha) were common land . Similar to today, 175 acres (71 ha) mostly steeper acres were woodland. The more modern locality of Caterham Valley in
2847-504: The former Guard's chapel. Terry Waite and David Stirling (the founder of the SAS ) trained at the barracks. A number of films / TV series were fully or partially filmed at the barracks. They Were Not Divided filmed by Two Cities Films and Invasion: Earth series filmed by the BBC. Caterham Asylum , later known as Caterham Mental Hospital and later still as Saint Lawrence's Hospital,
2920-413: The fort as a "large multivallate hillfort at War Coppice Camp". Its inner bank is about 0.5m wide and 0.4m high with a ditch 7m wide and 0.3m deep situated 2m below its crest. To the west of the ditch is the second bank, 8m wide and 0.5m high. Beyond this the second ditch has become completely infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature approximately 8m wide, visible as a terrace. Traces of
2993-647: The heart of this very large neighbourhood. Traffic to and from the London and Croydon to the north heading towards the M25 motorway is routed around the town on the A22 over the Caterham Bypass, opened in 1939 as one of the earliest such roads in the country. Caterham School is a large independent co-educational day and boarding school situated along the sides of the Harestone Valley. North Downs Hospital
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3066-549: The height above in the southwest extreme at "Whitehill Tower, War Coppice Road in Caterham Valley" to 110m Above Ordnance Datum along the railway track, immediately below Croydon Road roundabout, a tripoint partly in Woldingham, Whyteleafe and Caterham. Caterham lies within the North Downs and Caterham Valley's southern border is immediately south of the North Downs Way , part of a national trail network , which
3139-716: The hill. Both parishes are within Tandridge District , which is based in Oxted , whilst county-level services are provided by Surrey County Council , based in Reigate . Surrey County Council has two councillors from Caterham. Ward Caterham has ten representatives on Tandridge District Council: Ward Caterham has two civil parish councils : Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley. Caterham Valley parish has two wards , Harestone and Caterham Valley, each electing three elected parish councillors. The parish council clerk
3212-411: The lands had been separately sold to Henry Rowed, whose son Henry settled the estate on his wife Susan Glover in 1765. Their daughter Katherine Glover inherited these lands. A second manor Manning and Bray report on was the main tenant's under the monastery and was held by for example buyers: William Jordan in 1607; Sir Isaac Shard (see above), who held his first court in 1726; after 1825 Charles Day of
3285-575: The locality has a church hall used as a Church of England church. One chapel in Limpsfield ecclesiastical parish and civil parish has no adjoining settlement, in Staffhurst Wood. 51°15′26″N 0°00′00″E / 51.2573°N 0.0000°E / 51.2573; 0.0000 Lord Berners Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 1883 – 19 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt ,
3358-404: The main rectorial manor was granted (in fee ) to William Sackville JP In 1553 William Sackville and Eleanor passed the manor to Robert Hartopp, goldsmith of London, dying two years later succeeded by Elias his son, who was left it to his nephew John, whose widow Joan sold the manor in 1609 to George Evelyn who gave it to his son Sir John Evelyn on his marriage to Elizabeth Cocks. Later owners of
3431-402: The manor given to Waltham Abbey; together the latter manors comprised 1,000 acres (400 hectares). Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402–1460) held these manors leaving them in 1458 to his third son John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire when his son died without issue in 1499, under the terms of grant the elder branch, the following Duke of Buckingham inherited. His heirs sold them on
3504-530: The manor were Sir John's purchaser James Linch, his issue including Susan Hussey and her son James who sold the manor in 1699 to George Roffey. His nephew inherited it of the same name and in 1770 his sons sold the title alone and perhaps house to Matthew Robinson. Richard Hewetson bought it in 1780 passing it to his nephew Henry Hewetson holding until the Regency period . Henry's nephew William Hewetson ceased to lay claim to any manorial rights however in any event
3577-399: The name of the famous lesbian writer ), initially published privately under the pseudonym "Adela Quebec", in which he depicts himself and his circle of friends, such as Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel , as members of a girls' school. This frivolous satire, which was privately published and distributed, had a modish success in the 1930s. The original edition is rare; rumour has it that Beaton
3650-415: The outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2007 have been: Following the 2024 election , the composition of the council is: The twelve Residents Association councillors sit with the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group as the "Residents' Alliance" which forms
3723-438: The region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. Tandridge (district) Tandridge is a local government district in east Surrey , England . Its council is based in Oxted , although the largest settlement is Caterham ; other notable settlements include Warlingham , Godstone and Lingfield . In mid-2019, the district had an estimated population of 88,129. Tandridge borders
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#17327727706993796-509: The rest of that lease, due the tenant's attainder to Sir Edward Barrett and Walter Barrett while the reversion was held by Sir Richard Sondes. George Ede purchased this massive estate in 1612 and it passed to Jasper Ockley in 1616. Sir Isaac Shard who was one of two Sheriffs of the City of London in 1730 who conveyed it to Thomas Clark and then passed as with the other manors; in 1911 W. L. Williams its owner lived at Portley in what remained of
3869-411: The safe." Other visitors to Faringdon included Igor Stravinsky , Salvador Dalí , H. G. Wells , and Tom Driberg . His Rolls-Royce automobile contained a small clavichord keyboard which could be stored beneath the front seat. Near his house he had a 100-foot viewing tower, Faringdon Folly , constructed as a birthday present in 1935 for Heber-Percy, a notice at the entrance reading: "Members of
3942-406: The same time: The new district was named after the medieval Tandridge Hundred , which had covered a similar area. From the seventeenth century onwards, hundreds gradually declined in importance as administrative divisions, with their functions passing to other bodies such as the county courts . The final administrative functions of hundreds had been extinguished in 1886. The Tandridge hundred
4015-524: The site. Joey Deacon's bungalow 'Holland House' is scheduled for demolition but the 'Blue Peter' bungalow 'Woodview' is to remain as a care home. Caterham on the Hill has its own small NHS hospital, Caterham Dene, run by First Community Health and Care CIC offering a range of inpatient and outpatient services, including a minor injury unit. At the 2011 census, Caterham has a total population of 21,090 people among 8,543 households, an increase of 130 households in 10 years. The average level of accommodation in
4088-400: The smallest representative body covering the whole urban district. Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Council continued to be based at Soper Hall, and also acquired a large house next door at 1 Harestone Hill to serve as additional office space. In 1951 the parish had a population of 19,844. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. Caterham and Warlingham Urban District was abolished under
4161-462: The street ascending the relatively steep, short hill, Church Hill. Although no conservation area has been designated in either civil parish, four secular buildings, including The King and Queen public house, three churches as well as a vault and tomb in St Lawrence's churchyard are listed; these are along Hill Street/ Church Hill in Caterham on the Hill. Porkele had been formerly included in
4234-627: The surface and appear closer to the surface. The North Downs Way , a National trail popular with walkers, passes very close to the town and is readily accessible from either Harestone Valley Road or Tupwood Lane, the Celtic hillfort promontory of the Downs mentioned above, The Cardinal's Cap , and Fosterdown or Pilgrims' Fort , a London Defensive Fort at the top of part of the ridge forming Godstone Hill, in Caterham Valley . Whitehill Tower
4307-595: The valley itself. On 6 July 1974 PC John Schofield was shot and killed while on patrol in Caterham. In 1975 an IRA bomb exploded in the Caterham Arms public house injuring 10 off-duty soldiers and 23 civilians. The pub was popular with the Welsh Guards , who had recently returned to Caterham Barracks after serving in Northern Ireland . The men responsible for the bombing were later jailed for
4380-580: The valley that occupies the centre of Caterham Valley. While earlier cretaceous clays and greensand and sandy material, underlying, is evident where terrain has eroded, 90 million years ago the North Downs hard chalk was deposited, a white limestone comprising over 95% calcium carbonate. It contains thin beds of marl and nodules of flint, either scattered or in bands. The North Downs extending from Farnham to Dover are formed by this chalk. They now have an often white, almost vertical south-facing slope. In lower slopes flints washed up by early seas come more to
4453-417: The years, survives 25m further out to the north east. In the southern and south eastern areas of the monument, sections of the hillfort have been disturbed by later quarrying activity. Although the monument was originally thought to be either Roman or Neolithic in date, excavations in 1950 showed it to be Iron Age and what had previously been thought to be a fragment of an earthwork was almost complete with
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#17327727706994526-507: Was "seised of a tenement". A manor of Salmons appears in 1605 by William Jordan, who soon afterwards acquired the second manor of Caterham (see above) with which Salmons afterwards descended. It was bought out of Chancery, into which it went on the death of Charles Day, by George Drew, who sold to members of the Horne family, who owned the relatively small estate in 1911. In 1544, the King granted
4599-480: Was Geoffery of Caterham who gave land to his son in the 12th century. This monastery ran the glebe as a manor, receiving a grant of free warren in their demesne lands of Caterham in 1253; holding it until the dissolution of the monasteries . Caterham's original village centre consisted in the nearest part of the ridge of Caterham on the Hill to the railway station in Caterham Valley , including at
4672-470: Was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. He was also known as Lord Berners . Berners was born in Apley Hall , Stockton , Shropshire, in 1883, as Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt , son of The Honorable Hugh Tyrwhitt (1856–1907) and his wife Julia (1861–1931), daughter of William Orme Foster , Apley's owner. His father, a Royal Navy officer, was rarely home. He was raised by a grandmother who
4745-449: Was a very large establishment for the treatment of the mentally ill. Patients came from all over London to this well known institution that by 1930 grew to over 2,000 beds. Joey Deacon lived in the hospital or its grounds for over 50 years. Most of the site has now been redeveloped as housing but a few buildings remain, although they are now empty and planning permission has been given for the buildings to be demolished and 161 homes built on
4818-428: Was appointed the first chairman of the council, having previously been chairman of the short-lived parish council. In 1911 Caterham Urban District Council built itself a public hall and office building called Soper Hall, at 3 Harestone Valley Road, to serve as its headquarters. The building was named after William Garland Soper, the first chairman of the council, who had died in 1908. Of the building's £4,000 cost, £1,500
4891-723: Was donated by public subscription in memory of Soper. The building was formally opened in January 1912. In 1929 the Caterham Urban District was enlarged by the addition of the neighbouring parish of Warlingham , and the district's name was changed to Caterham and Warlingham Urban District . In 1933 the parishes of Chaldon and Woldingham were also added to the urban district. Caterham, Chaldon, Warlingham and Woldingham remained separate civil parishes, but as urban parishes they no longer had separate parish councils, with Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Council being
4964-465: Was extremely religious and self-righteous, and a mother with little intellect and many prejudices. His mother, who was the daughter of a rich ironmaster , and had a strong interest in fox hunting , ignored his musical interests and instead focused on developing his masculinity, a trait Berners found to be inherently unnatural. Berners later wrote, "My father was worldly, cynical, intolerant of any kind of inferiority, reserved and self-possessed. My mother
5037-479: Was funded by the sale of most of the old Caterham and Warlingham council's properties around 1 Harestone Hill to make way for part of a retail development called Church Walk, with only Soper Hall being retained. No successor parish was created for the former Caterham and Warlingham Urban District at the time of the 1974 reforms, and the area therefore became an unparished area , directly administered by Tandridge District Council. Civil parishes were re-established for
5110-664: Was given a parish council, which was subordinate to the Godstone Rural District Council. Less than five years later, the parish of Caterham was removed from Godstone Rural District, becoming its own urban district on 1 April 1899, with the Caterham Parish Council being replaced with Caterham Urban District Council. Caterham Urban District Council held its first meeting on 17 April 1899 at the Masonic Hall, when William Garland Soper
5183-596: Was named after the hillside village and ridge of the North Downs, Tandridge . The vast majority of the district is covered by the Metropolitan Green Belt to prevent extension of the London urban area. The district is not currently twinned, but one of its towns, Lingfield , is twinned with Plaisance-du-Touch , a commune on the outskirts of Toulouse , France. Tandridge District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Surrey County Council . The whole district
5256-429: Was responsible for gathering most of the already scarce copies of the book and destroying them. However, the book was reprinted in 2000 with the help of Dorothy Lygon . His other novels, including Romance of a Nose , Count Omega and The Camel are a mixture of whimsy and gentle satire. [See Collected Tales and Fantasies, New York, 1999] In January 2016, he was played by actor Christopher Godwin in episode 3 of
5329-656: Was unworldly, naïve, impulsive and undecided, and in my father's presence she was always at her worst". Berners was educated at Cheam School and Eton College , then studied in France and Germany while attempting to pass the entry examination for the Foreign Office . He twice failed the examination but instead served as an honorary attache in Constantinople from 1909 to 1911 and then at Rome until after succeeding to his peerage in 1918. In 1918, Berners became
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