In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crowhurst like this:
CROWHURST, a parish in Godstone district, Surrey; on Broad-Mead water and the Southeastern railway, 2½ miles ESE of Godstone r. station, and 9½ E by S of Reigate. Post town, Godstone, under Red Hill. Acres, 2, 081. Real property, £1, 707. Pop., 211. Houses, 40. The manor belonged, from an early period till the 18th century, to the Gaynesfords; and the manor-house, called Crowhurst Place, now a farm-house, was a stately mansion of the time of Henry VII. ...
Another farm-house was the seat of the Angell family, a mansion of the time of Henry VIII. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £65. Patron, the Earl of Cottenham. The church has parts from transition Norman to perpendicular English; and contains brasses of the Gaynesfords. A hollow yew tree in the churchyard measures 30¾ feet in girth at five feet from the ground; and is the largest in the county.
Crowhurst through time
Crowhurst is now part of Tandridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tandridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crowhurst itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crowhurst, in Tandridge and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4085
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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