Chelsham and Farleigh is a

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in the

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of Surrey, England. The parish is high on the North Downs and centred south-southeast of central London and it adjoins the

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boundary; it is a predominantly rural/wooded parish aside from minority of land used for homes and gardens. Other than the villages of Chelsham and Farleigh, the parish also includes the hamlet of Fickleshole. The parish was created on 1 April 1969 as an amalgamation of its two named small villages.

History

Farleigh was an ancient parish and Chelsham was a chapelry of the parish of

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, both within the Tandridge Hundred of Surrey. Both became civil parishes in the Godstone poor law union, and were part of the Godstone registration and rural sanitary district. When the Godstone Rural District was created in 1894 it included the parishes of Chelsham and Farleigh, each with a parish council. In 1933 as part of a

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, Farleigh parish was transferred to

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and the parish council was abolished. As part of the review of Chelsham parish was transferred to Caterham and Warlingham Urban District. of Farleigh parish was transferred to the

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in 1936. In 1965 Coulsdon and Purley Urban District was abolished and Farleigh became part of the

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in Greater London. However, some adjustments were made to the Greater London boundary and the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh was created on 1 April 1969.Greater London, Kent and Surrey Order 1968 It was formed as a parish in Godstone Rural District, as an amalgamation of the parish of Chelsham with the former parish of Farleigh. Chelsham parish was in 1961 and Farleigh was in 1951. Godstone Rural District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and the civil parish became part of the

Government

Chelsham and Farleigh Parish Council is the local council for the parish. The council meets at Farleigh Hall, in Farleigh. The parish has seven councillors. It is divided into the two wards of Chelsham and Farleigh. Chelsham ward elects five councillors and Farleigh ward has two councillors. The parish clerk is M S Turner. For elections to the

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the parish is part of the Warlingham electoral division, electing one county councillor. For elections to the

Council the parish is part of the Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh ward, electing three district councillors.

Geography

The civil parish is . It is located approximately south-southeast of central London and is adjacent to the Greater London boundary in the northwest, north and east. It is predominantly rural open land in the

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. The parish includes the settlements of Chelsham, Farleigh and Fickleshole. The boundaries abut the built-up areas of

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and

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to the north,

and Woldingham to the west, and

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to the east. Postal addresses in the parish fall under the CR6 postcode district of the Warlingham

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Demography and housing

The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remainder lived in rented dwellings (plus a negligible percentage of households living rent-free).

References

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