4 Research papers

4/1 Archaeology

4/1/1Archaeology Map – 4 pages (2 maps) showing various finds at 4 sites – from Surrey County Council.
4/1/2Archaeology of the Clacket Lane Motorway Service Area site – report from Surrey County Archaeological Unit 1992 – 115 pages; 32 figures.
4/1/3Redlands site – preliminary archaeological assessment, Surrey County Archaeological Unit December 1996 – 11 pages; four figures. (Extract & plan)
4/1/4Romano-British Burial Sites at Tatsfield Road, Titsey
4/1/5Archaeological assessment of church hut proposals – Surrey County Archaeological Unit 1996(?) five pages; seven figures.
4/1/6“The Roman Roads of East Surrey and the Kent Border” – North Downs Press 1987 – extract relating to London-Lewes road and Tatsfield. Plans
4/1/7A Probable Late-Iron Age Site at Pilgrim’s Way
4/1/8Archaeology of Tatsfield School site – extracts from preliminary and final reports from Surrey County Archaeological Unit 2006
4/1/9Parkwood Road sea urchin find 2005 – as on display in the Parish Room.
4/1/10Archaeological dig on L-shaped field 2006 – 1 – Eileen Pearce taking notes – see 4/1/8
4/1/11Archaeological dig on L-shaped field 2006 – 2 – see 4/1/8
4/1/12Archaeological dig on L-shaped field 2006 – 3 – see 4/1/8

4/2 Surrey Archaeological Collections papers

4/2Surrey Archaeological Collections – General Index Vols. I to LXX – all references to Tatsfield included.
4/2/1Cross-Valley Dyke on the Surrey-Kent Border from Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol LVII – description of Surrey/Kent border at Moorhouse – built between 568 and 823.
4/2/2London-Lewes Roman Road Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol 43 1935 pp 115-116 – result of a dig on the Tatsfield/Titsey boundary in 1935.
4/2/3Roman temple at Titsey and Roman road [Tatsfield] (Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol XLIV) 9 page article.
4/2/4Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol 83 1996 list of sites in Tandridge (Botley Hill and Clacket Lane MSA)
4/2/5Notices of the family of Uvedale (Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol III) (Tatsfield references) At Titsey 1304-1540; Tatsfield until 1638. 21 page article.
4/2/6Surrey Etymologies pp 77-83 or 203-208 includes origins of Tatsfield and 34 other place names. Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol VI – Doesn’t agree with “Tatol’s field”.

4/3 Individual accounts

4/3/1Notes on old Tatsfield houses visited August 1999 by Peter Gray. Crane Cottage, Middlesouth, 2 Pond Cottages, White Cottage, Rose Cottage, Monks Cottage. Suggests Henry Carr RA once lived at the Castle.
4/3/2Tatsfield Church – dissertation by Nick Leahy 1983 24pp. Comprehensive history of the church with general historial references.
4/3/3A History of Tatsfield and her Church – 1975 – 12 pp. Marion (?) Player – handwritten.
4/3/4Whitney Straight – Note from Bob Ogley 1994 in response to query about Second World War pilot – Tatsfield resident? – no confirmation, nor of being OC RAF Biggin Hill.

4/4 Other publications

4/4/1Photocopied pages taken from “Home County” by JW Penycate, an academic work covering the whole county. Chapters are headed: Geology, Geomorphology and Climate; ??; The Green Belt – its origins, development and uses; ??; ??; The Archaeology and History of Surrey. Includes Speed’s map of Surrey 1611/12 – no direct mention of Tatsfield.
4/4/2From Andredsweald to Staffhurst Wood – treatise completed in 1988 by AWDH – includes graphic showing years of drought 1110-1600 AD. Includes details of hedgelaying and other rural techniques.
4/4/3“Pages from the Past in Oxted Limpsfield and Tandridge” by WF Mumford 1949 - five references to Tatsfield. Pages mentioning Tatsfield
4/4/4The Orpington, Cudham and Tatsfield Light Railway article by John Edwards – Bromley Local History 1980 (Shorter version of Ref. 4/4/10) See map at 5/3/2.
4/4/5East Surrey Manors, by Mary Saaler 1989 – no reference to Tatsfield. Substantial background to manorial system.
4/4/6BBC Receiving Station and Air Ministry Lighthouse - - from Guide to the Industrial History of Tandridge – Malcolm Tadd 1994 – gives background to the setting up of the BBC station in 1929. One paragraph describes the air lighthouse close to the BBC site. See also 1/8/23
4/4/7Bourne Society Local History Records Vol XIII 1974 on Goldwhurd, the “lost” village near Tatsfield – an account which doubts the existence of this mystery settlement.
4/4/8Obituary of Thomas Christopher Gresham Leveson Gower 1903-1992 – Nick Greene (Parish Magazine)
4/4/9The Hearth Tax – background article by Jeremy Gibson from the Federation of Family History Societies 1987.
4/4/10By Rail to Biggin Hill – the Orpington, Cudham and Tatsfield Light Railway – article by John Edwards – from Bromley Local History No 5 1980 (Longer version of Ref. 4/4/4) See map at 5/3/2.
4/4/11The Southern Heights Light Railway – article by John Edwards – from Bromley Local History No 6 1982
4/4/12East Surrey, Bell Street 1974 – from account of East Surrey Buses – refers to Dr Sherard’s weekly taxi/landaulette service to Croydon and Bromley in 1913. For map, see Ref. 7/6/4
4/4/13Notes from Early Mediaeval Surrey – John Blair 1991 – suggests Domesday population was 26 – church still in lay hands in 1180.
4/4/14Tatsfield entry from A Vision of Britain website.

5 General descriptive material, articles

5/1 Contributions to the History Project

5/1/1Transport – Denis Hayes Dec 1997 – First draft of transport chapter for “Tatsfield – the first 2000 Years” – more needed on later rail schemes – in particular the Orpington, Cudham and Tatsfield Light Railway of 1898.
5/1/2The Tatsfield Business Community – John Allbutt first incomplete draft for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years”.
5/1/3Businesses in Tatsfield – John Allbutt notes for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years” on how research was being carried out.
5/1/4War draft for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years” – Ken Goodchild 1999.
5/1/5Social History summary – Eileen Pearce Dec 1997 for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years”.
5/1/6Education summary – Bob David Dec 1997 for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years”.
5/1/7Church chapter – Marjorie Horwood for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years”.

5/2 Transcripts of interviews

5/2/1Tony Erbes and David Brown (born 1936) interviewed by Luis De La Torre for “Tatsfield the first 2000 Years” – a very detailed account of what it was like to be a young boy growing up in Tatsfield during the Second World War with a large number of names and locations mentioned.
5/2/2Transcript of Mrs Enid Cooper (born 1912) talking to Luis de la Torre 22 May 1998 – a detailed account with names and places of life as a young girl in Tatsfield in the 1920s and 30s – includes a reference to a sister of Sir Oswald Moseley living in Manor Road and blackshirts meeting on Westmore Green.
5/2/3Interview notes: Mrs May Watson (TAPE Ref. 8/1/3) – names from the 1920s and 30s.
5/2/4Interview notes: Mrs Lallie Shearman & Mrs Cathleen Watson (born 1904 and 1910)(TAPE 8/1/2) – life and who was who in Tatsfield in the first half of the 20th century.
5/2/5Interview notes: George & Pat Edwards (born 1930s) (TAPE Ref. 8/1/7) – life in Tatsfield during and after the Second World War.
5/2/6Interview notes: Rose Bradshaw (Born ca. 1925) (TAPE Ref. 8/1/7) – life in Tatsfield before and during Second World War – remembered Working Men’s Club being built in 1932.
5/2/7Interview notes: Mr & Mrs Beagley (born ca. 1910) (TAPE Ref. 8/1/4) – detailed account with many names of farming life in Tatsfield in the first half of the 20th century.
5/2/8Transcript of Mrs Pam Draper – detailed account of life on a Tatsfield farm in the middle of the 20th century.

5/3 Other accounts – mainly personal

5/3/1Street’s Farm – Ann Hayes note of conversation with Harry Streets 14 Jun 1998
5/3/2The Tatsfield Light Railway p 10 of Bromley booklet about Biggin Hill with plan. See 4/4/4 and 4/4/10.
5/3/3Robinson – Shelagh Morgan’s letter of 5 Dec 2000 re Park Farm
5/3/4Robinson – Park Farm – family records – Shelagh Morgan’s letter to current occupant 25 Aug 2000 recounting the Robinson family’s history at Park Farm.
5/3/5Wartime memories – December 1939 to spring 1941 – Fox and Morris families moved in from Camberwell to join their evacuee children.
5/3/6Clifford Sharp’s “Primrose Path” letter 6 Mar 1998 – memories of Tatsfield 1924-1941 with photgraphs.
5/3/7Background material on Stephen Colgate (1732) from Sheila Crosskey – letter is held by Bessels Green Old Meeting House.
5/3/8Sgt Harry Newton and RAF Biggin Hill from website – shot down near Tatsfield beacon.
5/3/92 pages of memories as told to Doris Geary. Dancing at old tin chapel near Colegates to mark end of Boer War in 1902. Paynesfield Rd made up in 1910. Description of dedication of KE VII Memorial with many background details.
5/3/10List of names from the 1920s and 1930s from an uncle of Tony Erbes and National Archives reference to Erbes dob 1 Sep 1919.
5/3/115 pages of notes from former resident of the Manor House including 18 Jan 1962 Daily Telegraph letter from L.P.Renateau on chalk shaft mentioning hydraulic experiments between 1900 and 1903.
5/3/12Notes on Lusted Hall Farm and war damage by Liza Player – Goodings before the 2nd World War; Davis then bought it for building; Bates became tenants after regional agricultural committee intervened in 1944 or 43; bought by Titsey in 1950s; some details of bomb sites in Tatsfield.
5/3/134 pages of Manor House notes by Mrs Crowther referring to Manor House notes. Refers to doubts over Hugh’s manor in Domesday Book. Quotes Major Leveson Gower as saying Sir John Gresham left the manor of Tatsfield to his daughter, Katherine Maria, who married William Leveson Gower in 1804.
5/3/14Ian Mitchell article 1987 – written for the Surrey Mirror – gives the Parish Council view of the status and spirit of Tatsfield.
5/3/15“Origin of Tatsfield” by Dick Watson at the school 9 Mar 1926
5/3/1618 pages of notes on the history of Tatsfield – written between 1928 and 1935 but while railway was a possibility – inspiration for further enquiries.
5/3/17History of Tatsfield – County Border News 1986 – by Liz Askew and Graham Gadd.
5/3/18History of Tatsfield – Mrs Huitson 5 Feb 1974 WI – 12 page account by member of Croydon natural History and Scientific Society. A measured history from Roman times. (Manor House was once Godards Farm and Bucklands Farm). (Explains Paygate Cottage, why the B269 takes its present route, and provides much detail on the BBC Receiving Station). Mentions Mr Vincent having trouble cultivating field where old manor house is said to have been located; novelist C.E.Lawrence.
5/3/19Notes made by John Softley on Tatsfield history
5/3/20Notes made by Cedric Oliver on Tatsfield history for son et lumiëre – school, people etc. two pages of school history; biographical notes on Timothy Burgess 1791-1876; modifications to church etc.
5/3/21Nobember 2006 parish magazine article by Robert Kilby on Lusted Hall Farm prompted by end of dairy farming in 2005.

5/4 Parish Magazine articles

5/4/1As we were then – 1978 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – rumours of M25 service area; Tatsfield’s first appraisal; building of Crossways Court.
5/4/2As we were then – 1973 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – concern about growth of Biggin Hill; Wedgwoods Yard closure; fear of unmade Paynesfield Road becoming through road; discussion about twinning with a French village and about purchasing land behind the Village Hall for community use; suggestion that Polesteeple Hill should be made one way; Parish Council meeting held in a private house to save fuel during oil crisis after Middle East War.
5/4/3As we were then – 1897 – Parish Magazine page from 1997 recalling past events – telegraph service would come if Parish Council met half the cost; collection for victims of the Indian famine; Weldon TJ Broughton offers land for a hall to commemorate Queen Victoria’s diamon jubilee; concerns about continuity of water supply without mains.
5/4/4As we were then – 1898 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – 56 year old Weldon TJ Broughton had bought Colegates Farm in the 1880s for sale as building plots; talk of need for a second pond; support for light railway from Orpington.
5/4/5As we were then – 1898 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – mains water to come from Westerham Hill estate; need to clean the pond.
5/4/6As we were then – 1948 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – argument about cost of connecting houses to water main; ‘water sanitation’ comes to the school.
5/4/7As we were then – 1948 – Parish Magazine page from 1998 recalling past events – sugar and syrop stolen from the school; bus service to village centre restored; calls for rescreation ground behind the Village Hall.
5/4/8Denis Hayes – a personal view – Parish Magazine – statement of views on society and the market economy and confidence that there will be renewed attempts to establish a kinder and fairer world.
5/4/9As we were then – 1899 – Parish Magazine page from 1999 John Alfred Stevens’ straying horse court case reported in Westerham Herald 30 Sep 1899 ; advertisement for the drapery in Emily Road – Parish Magazine draft
5/4/10Parish Magazine extracts – 1909 – fund growing for Parish Hall to be designed by Alexander Stenning & Partners of 21, Cannon Street, EC. And built by Mr A Hitchcock ; positive report on the school; plans for social and sporting events in the hall.
5/4/11Parish Magazine extracts – 1910 – references to general election; film in hall; need for extension to school; soup kitchen open for ten weeks; death of King Edward VII; Egg and Flower Service on Westmore Green; ‘Institute’ open during the winter; clogs for sale from Mr Hope at Ebor Cottages; re-formation of Gardening Society and of the Choral Society.
5/4/12Parish Magazine extracts – 1911 – school extension on the way; fete and bonfire at Park Farm to mark the coronation.
5/4/13Parish Magazine extracts – 1912 – complaint about people smoking in the church; mention of overcrowding in the church
reports of local club activities.
5/4/14Parish Magazine extracts – 1984 – planning application for Bakery; obit of Basil Carey; proposed motorway service area; Village Hall to get a piano;
5/4/15Parish Magazine extracts – 1985 – Doris Geary on formation of Women’s Institute; death of Bill Dothie – author of ‘Operation Disembroil’; case against motorway service area.
5/4/16Parish Magazine extracts – 1986 – ‘housefinder’ being produced for the emergency services; pond problems continue.
5/4/17Parish Magazine extracts – 1987 – Tandridge grant for pond refurbishment
5/4/18Parish Magazine extracts – 1989 – deaths of Emily Streets and Herbert Harrison.
5/4/19Dominic McHugo obit 1989 – leader of the local Roman Catholic community.
5/4/20Adam (died in an accident) and his grandmother Joan Dothie obits 1992
5/4/21Parish Magazine index April 1995-December 2001 – first index of names and places from new-format parish magazine.
5/4/22Parish Magazine extracts 1994 – new appraisal; M25 widening; Furze Corner land auction failure; horse trough to commemorate 100 years of parish councils.
5/4/23Parish Magazine extracts 1995 – too few candidates for election; Hazel Baker (born 1918) remembers life in Tatsfield; the story of Beaver Water World; Leslie Bellatti’s memories;

5/5 Book extracts

5/5/1Memorials of Old Surrey – Cox 1911, pp 119,120,120a – church background – theft of rood cloth in 16th century; 1882 restoration; 1845 illustration of rood screen.
5/5/2The Churches of Surrey Morris 1910 page 162/3 – description of church.
5/5/3Charm of Surrey Gordon Home & C Black 1929 – pp 84-89 – brief reference to Tatsfield Church. – ‘among the earliest and most unchanged of the churches of Surrey’.
5/5/4Companion into Surrey L Collison Morley 1973 – pp 208/9 – references to Tatsfield.
5/5/5Hidden Surrey Christopher Hawkins – p 162 – description of Tatsfield as contrast with Woldingham and Dormansland; gre up as a shack colony in the 1920s.
5/5/6Highways and Byways in Surrey – 1909 pp 422, 474 – brief reference to Tatsfield.
5/5/7King’s England Arthur Mee 1938-1966 p 202 – mainly about the church. But also refers to the BBC Receiving Station.
5/5/8Portrait of Surrey Basil Cracknell –1970 p 113 - very brief reference to Tatsfield.
5/5/9Surrey on the Chalk pp133-135 - mentions Goldwhurd – brief references to Tatsfield.
5/5/10The Surrey Hills – F.E.Green 1915 pp 1-7 – general description of the area.
5/5/11Internet entry 1990s – Kent & Sussex Courier – short description of Tatsfield.
5/5/12Ordnance Survey Historical Guides – Surrey, Dennis Turner 1988 p 104 – brief reference to Tatsfield. In an article dealing largely with geological and biological aspects.
5/5/13The Buildings of England – Pevsner - mainly about the church. With mention of London Alps.
5/5/14Early Man in Surrey – flints found in Tatsfield etc.
5/5/15Place of Surrey in the History of England Hearnshaw p57, Highways & Byways in Surrey Parker 1909 p474 – brief references to Tatsfield. – geographical features of the North Downs.
5/5/16Highways & Byways in Surrey, Parker 1909 p474 – brief reference to Tatsfield.
5/5/17Neolithic man in NE Surrey – Johnson & Wright 1906 – brief reference to Tatsfield.
5/5/18Bibliographical note from Liza Player on references to Tatsfield Church.

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