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The Tatsfield History Project was originally set up to publish our history of the parish - Tatsfield,
The First 2000 Years. This book is now out of print. Copies can, however, be borrowed from Surrey
County Council libraries under the reference: LOC 942.2TAT.
Information about the history of Tatsfield is also available at the North Tandridge Local History Centre
in Caterham.
The Surrey History Centre can provide more information online, as can the National Archives.
The first documented reference to Tatsfield was in the Domesday Book.
Future plans:
The Tatsfield History Project continues. If you have lived in or near Tatsfield, or have any background information, photographs or any other material which you think might interest us, please get in touch through the email address below or by leaving a telephone message on +44 1959 577376. We are particularly interested in any deeds relating to sales of property in Tatsfield between 1830 and 1870 and in any reference to the "London Alps Company"
We are aware of only one other “Tatsfield” - in Saskatchewan, Canada. The book ‘What's In a Name, The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names’ says that Tatsfield was the second last grain point on a Canadian National Railway branch line that runs from Battleford to Carruthers and that when the Grand Trunk Railway built the line they chose to honour one of their officials and they named the point Tatsfield."
The Canadian Tatsfield is described as a railway hamlet in the electoral district of The Battlefords, Saskatchewan, from about 1910 until 1950. That Tatsfield had a Post Office from 1920 until 1951. "
According to Lucille Bullerwell of the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum in Cut Knife, the grain elevators at Tatsfield were torn down and the ground levelled. The last one was demolished in the 1980's. The museum is hoping to develop a display of the elevators that existed in the area. Most have been demolished except for a few that have transferred to private ownership.
We still hope to find out who it was from the original Tatsfield that gave the Canadian settlement its name and would welcome any information that anyone has.
Archives:
The Tatsfield History Project has transcribed relevant details from 19th century census returns and directories.
We are now able to respond relatively quickly to email searches for Tatsfield names. (Please include ‘Looking for a Tatsfield name’ in the subject line to avoid your email being consigned accidently to the ‘spam’ bin.)
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