1. Summary
1.1
The Conservation Area Appraisal identifies those aspects of the historic area
which it is desirable to preserve and enhance. It shows that Chiddingfold has
a historic environment of very high quality. It is set in an area of beautiful
countryside, and has a considerable history in relation to its agricultural
origins and the glass making industry of the
Middle Ages.
1.2
The character of the conservation areas has
been analysed in detail by examining 9 study
areas. The street layout, historic buildings,
the surfaces and heritage features, the green
spaces and trees, the negative aspects, the
existing conservation area boundary and the
enhancement opportunities have all been
considered.
1.3
The most significant problem in the
conservation areas is the impact of through
traffic. A detailed study has been made of
this issue and proposals have been made for
ameliorating the problem.
1.4
Regarding future development, the appraisal identifies the constraining effect
of the Green Belt, the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and of the Rural
Settlements Policy on development adjacent to and within the settlement.
There has been very limited recent development within the conservation
areas.
1.5
Looking
at
land
use,
Chiddingfold has retained a
number of shops, pubs and
public facilities such as halls.
These uses are an intrinsic part
of
the
character
of
the
conservation areas and should
be retained.
1.6
Trees and hedges form a
significant part of the verdant
appearance of the conservation
area.
A detailed survey has
been carried out and the
outstanding specimens identified. The need to actively maintain and manage
trees and hedgerows has been considered in the appraisal.
1.7
The listed and locally listed buildings and the heritage features have been
identified and proposals made for additions to the lists.
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1.8
The area studies have identified enhancement projects that could be carried
out to improve the appearance of the conservation area, and sources of
funding have been considered.
1.9
Lastly, the appraisal considers the implementation of the proposals and how
this will be achieved.
1.10
The conclusion is that the special characteristics of the conservation areas
that have been identified should be preserved and the areas should be
enhanced as funds become available and opportunities arise.
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2. Introduction
2.1
The legislation on conservation areas was introduced in 1967 with the Civic
Amenities Act and in 1973 Surrey County Council designated the Chiddingfold
conservation area. The boundary was extended by the then District Council
in 1981 and the Northbridge area was designated in 1982 (See Plans 1 and
2).
2.2
The current legislation is the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation
Areas) Act 1990 which states that every Local Authority shall:
2.3
“From time to time determine which parts of their area are areas of special
architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is
desirable to preserve or enhance, and shall designate those areas as
conservation areas” (Section 69 (a) and (b).
2.4
The Act also requires local authorities to “formulate and publish proposals for
the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas”. (Section 71).
2.5
In 1981 the Borough Council carried out a conservation area study of
Chiddingfold, which included enhancement proposals.
This Appraisal is
being carried out in compliance with the English Heritage guidance published
in February 2006, “`Guidance on Conservation Area Appraisals” and
“Guidance on the Management of Conservation Areas”. The techniques and
methods advised in these documents have been used in the appraisal.
2.6
The status of this appraisal is that it is a document to be incorporated into an
overarching Conservation Areas Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
that will be adopted by the Borough Council. The SPD will relate to the
Waverley Borough Local Plan 2002 Policy HE8 on Conservation Areas, which
is a “saved policy” in operation until such time as the Core Strategy of the
Local Development Framework comes into force.
2.7
The programme of conservation area appraisals began in Waverley in 2002,
when the Borough Council agreed to undertake a series of appraisals in
accordance with the list of conservation areas in the Borough, using a scoring
system.
This system identified those conservation areas with the most
serious environmental problems and put them in order on the list. Thus
appraisals for Wrecclesham, Bramley and Farnham headed the list, followed
by Chiddingfold.
2.8
The approach adopted for producing the Chiddingfold appraisal is the same
as for the other appraisals.
The Parish Council and a number of
organisations and individuals in the village have come together to form the
Chiddingfold Conservation Area Appraisal Group and have collaborated on
writing various chapters of the document, in cooperation with the Borough
Council. This approach has been adopted to ensure that the expertise of the
local partners is incorporated directly into the appraisal.
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3. The Aims & Objectives of the Appraisal
3.1
Aim
The aim is to appraise the character of the Chiddingfold conservation areas
and to identify those qualities which should be preserved and enhanced, and
to produce proposals for the improvement of the areas.
3.2
Objectives for the Process of the Appraisal
It is intended to meet this aim by carrying out the following objectives:
3.3
Undertake the appraisal.
3.4
Produce the document in partnership with local organisations concerned with
heritage.
3.5
Work closely with Surrey County Council as Highway Authority on the
movement aspects of the appraisal.
3.6
Seek sources of funding for the enhancement projects.
3.7
Produce an appraisal document providing a strong statement that those who
live and own property in the conservation area can enhance both the
conservation area and the value of their own properties by using the report for
guidance and support in managing their own properties. Improvement needs
to come from action by individual owners as well as Borough and Parish
Councils
3.8
Consultation
This is the draft version of the Chiddingfold Conservation Area Appraisal for
consultation with the community. The comments received will be considered
by the Chiddingfold Conservation Area Appraisal Group and the Borough
Council and incorporated as appropriate into the document. The document
will then be adopted by the Borough Council, pending incorporation into the
SPD.
3.9
Objectives for the Conservation Areas
The objectives for the Chiddingfold conservation areas are:
3.10
to preserve the character of the conservation areas;
3.11
to safeguard the business uses, provided they are not detrimental to the
character of the conservation areas;
3.12
to seek to make the village safer by providing pedestrian crossings and
improved junctions;
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3.13
to protect the open spaces and verges in the conservation areas;
3.14
to seek the provision of parking facilities for the village centre;
3.15
to devise a maintenance programme for the trees and hedges;
3.16
to carry out enhancements that will improve and protect the appearance and
heritage of the conservation areas;
3.17
It is the aspiration of the appraisal to carry out these objectives for the benefit
of the conservation areas.
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4. The Setting of the Conservation Areas
4.1
The setting can be defined as the area surrounding the conservation area,
which has an impact on its character. In the case of the Chiddingfold
conservation
areas
this
setting
is
mainly
very
attractive countryside.
4.2
The countryside surrounding
Chiddingfold and Northbridge
conservation
areas
is
designated as an Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty
and Area of Great Landscape
Value, and is in the Green
Belt. Therefore the landscape
setting has the highest level
of planning protection from
development.
Furthermore,
the landscape in the wider
Chiddingfold area is of historic
interest because of the glass
works industry dating from the
early Middle Ages.
4.3
Chiddingfold is set in the
heart of the “fold” country, an
area of undulating, thickly
wooded countryside.
The
approach roads to the village
are bordered by small fields,
woodland and thick hedgerows.
4.4
The area around the village is one of gentle hillsides and is surrounded by
woodland and fields, some of which are visible from the conservation areas.
There are glimpses and views of the encircling countryside from many places
in the historic core, giving the village an especially rural character of very high
quality. There is a need for support of local farming in the appropriate
management and the use of surrounding fields, which are grazed to the edge
of conservation area. DEFRA and the AONB provide financial support and
guidance on this. Many are well used and managed e.g. cattle in Oaklands
Park and sheep in the field with Chiddingfold House. Some are, however,
becoming derelict and weed infested e.g. between Church and Ballsdown and
to east of the Cricket Green.
4.5
The significance of the setting of a conservation area has long been
recognised by the Local Planning authority.
In 1980, The then District
Council published the document “ Village conservation Areas - Policy”, which
contained the following statement:
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4.6
“Each village is surrounded by agricultural land and woodland and these may
even extend into the heart of the village. Such land, which is important to the
setting and character of the conservation area as an agricultural settlement,
and should therefore be retained, will be defined in the proposals for each
village. It will be particularly important to keep open even small areas of land
which separate the historic village from areas of more recent development.”
4.7
This approach has been adhered to over the succeeding decades, and the
principles have been incorporated into the Waverley Borough Local Plan
2002, Policy HE8.
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5. Conservation Area Boundaries
5.1
The Chiddingfold conservation area boundary was designated in October
1973 by Surrey County Council and was extended by Waverley District
Council in October 1981.
Waverley District Council designated the
Northbridge conservation area in December 1982. The Character Studies in
this appraisal have looked again at the boundaries and the team of surveyors
has put proposals forward (See Plan 3).
5.2
The designation of any extensions to the boundaries has to be carried out by the
Borough Council. At this stage, the Council is not supporting all the proposed
extensions, because some of them are not considered to be appropriate, but for the
purpose of the public consultation, the proposals are retained in the appraisal for the
public to make comments.
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Plan 3
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6. Historical Development
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Plan 6
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6.1
Early development of Chiddingfold
Two thousand years ago a vast forest covered an area 130 miles long from
the far corner of Kent, to Winchester. This forest was up to 30 miles wide,
effectively from Godalming to the sea. The Anglo-Saxons called this
Andredesweald, the word weald meaning an uninhabitable region.
6.2
The recovery of flints from the Middle Stone Age does however show the
presence of man in the area from 4000BC, and Bronze Age and Iron Age
items found in local museums attest to this. Gradually the Britons and Celts
moved south into the forest and made clearings alongside the streams. The
names given to some of these earliest settlements are still in use at Cherfold,
Okelands and Mesels. These early Britons lived in wattle and daub houses,
grew corn, raised cattle and reared small swift horses. They also burnt
charcoal and smelted iron.
6.3
These Britons were initially undisturbed by the coming of the Romans, but
gradually small Roman settlements were made in the countryside. The
Roman Road called Rye Street runs into the village from the northeast past a
Roman Settlement at Whitebeach, where a large building from c.250AD was
discovered in 1883. From there the road ran east through High Street Green
to Dunsfold. The large roman villa was used as a quarry for building materials
over the centuries. It was excavated recorded and destroyed in 1883.
Examples of stone and tiles from it can be found in the village.
6.4
After the Romans retreated in the fifth century, various Saxon tribes from the
area between the Elbe and the Rhine, in what is now Germany, invaded
Britain. Tribes from the Oldenburg, Hanover and Westphalia regions came to
South Surrey and East Hampshire. Interestingly many Saxon family names
from towns in those regions can be found reflected in names such as
Killinghurst, Frillinghurst and Sydenhurst in which the Saxon word horst has
also changed to hurst, to denote woodlands and Henfold and Burningfold
where the word fold indicates a clearing or enclosure.
6.5
The name of Chiddingfold comes from this Saxon period. It means the
enclosure of the descendants of Cead. A family descended from the
Caedingas, originating from Westphalia in the 7th century, came via the Meon
valley and first settled in Catteshill before moving south and clearing land near
Prestwick and Okelands on the eastern edge of the present village.
Chiddingfold became part of the Royal Manor of Godalming and subsequently
King Alfred the Great granted land from Pockford towards south bridge to a
family called Anticknapp.
6.6
Chiddingfold was not mentioned by name in the Doomsday Survey of 1066 as
it formed part of the Royal Manor of Godalming. In 1155 Henry II granted the
Manor to the Bishop of Sarum, (now Salisbury). This led to the building of a
new stone church around 1180 to replace the old Saxon chapel originally built
circa 978. Several Centuries of prosperity followed for Chiddingfold. There
had always been sheep and cattle raised and crops grown such as rye, hay,
oats and beans on the farms, but increasingly various forms of industry grew
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up including glass making, tanning and cloth making. The latter was a
significant industry in the region and involved many different skills including
shearmen, weavers, tailors and dyers.
6.7
The Middle Ages
Sand and bracken for alkali came from Sandhills, and of an abundance of
this, the area was ideal for glass making, which flourished here for several
centuries. The first record of glass making in England is in a Charter granted
in 1225 for glass making on 20 acres of land at Dyers Cross and this industry
grew and continued for the next 300 years. This excellence in glass making
lead to the village having greater prominence than would be expected from its
size.
6.8
In 1300, the Bishop of Sarum, established Chiddingfold as 'a market town’
conferring the right to a weekly market (Thursday) and a three days fair
annually at the Feast of the Nativity on the 8th September. This would have
been a major event for the village as it brought increased status and trade.
Blackhams in Mill Lane dates from this period, which is one of the oldest
houses in the village.
6.9
However the prosperity of the village in the middle of the 14th century suffered
a number of blows. First there were some very wet summers resulting in poor
harvests, the death of sheep and cattle and then famine, disease and death.
In 1348, plague in the form of the “Black Death” struck most of the Country
with a particularly bad epidemic in 1360/61. These two disasters combined
cut the average life expectancy of the population by 10 years in the latter half
of the century. This resulted in a shortage of labour and this and the poor
harvests had a disastrous effect on local communities and agriculture.
Fortunately because Chiddingfold was quite isolated it largely escaped the
plague and its economy was partly sustained by the continued production of
glass.
Several important chapels and colleges in Oxford, Windsor,
Westminster and Winchester were supplied at this time with stained glass.
6.10
The glass industry continued for another two hundred years alongside
increasing competition from iron smelting. Iron smelting had been carried on
since before the Romans, producing relatively low-grade iron for arrowheads,
nails iron bars and horseshoes. However in the 16th century demand for iron
ore increased to provide cannon and cannon balls for the Navy and defences
of the South Coast. An influx of French iron makers familiar with the new
blast furnaces being used in Europe came to the region and the first iron
furnace in Chiddingfold was built in 1573. These furnaces enabled greatly
superior iron to be produced. These two industries of glass and iron,
combined with traditional trades in wool, textiles, dyeing and tanning brought
prosperity back to the region
.
6.11
A sign of the prosperity of the village was the number of houses being built or
enlarged in the 15th and 16th Centuries when over 30 new properties were
built. Hadmans was the earliest of the houses built at the top of the Green
followed by the first Glebe House built to the west of the Green. Most were
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built at the turn of the 16th century including houses such as Beckhams,
Botley House, Brockhurst and Brookhouse, (which were originally a single
house divided in 1650,) Old Pickhurst and Roppleys, and cottages such as
Autumn, Chantry, Cyclops, Greenaways (1545), Pound, Quince. Significant
houses such as Solars, Ramster, Tugley, Skinners Lane Farm and Dog
Kennel Hill House followed slightly later.
6.12
However this period led to a time of turbulence and hardship. The glass
industry had begun to decline in the 16th century due to increasing competition
both from other centres of glass making and from the voracious appetite for
wood for the new iron furnaces. At the same time fierce disputes grew up
between the glassmakers, who were largely foreigners (French, Flemings and
Germans from Lorraine), and the new industry of iron making. Although
special coppices had been planted, the huge demand for wood from the
glassmakers and iron smelters caused dissent with commoners, who relied on
the wood for so many activities in daily life. Eventually in 1620 an act of
Parliament was passed requiring only coal to be used for glassmaking and
prohibiting the use of wood, more than 1 ft square at the base. This had a
devastating effect on the glassworks, although the iron smelters survived for
another 100 years.
6.13
In the middle of the 17th century, many men began being called to arms to
fight first on the Continent and then in the Civil War. In 1645 every man
between 16 and 60 was called up to defend Guildford. Since many of the
families in the iron trade were Royalists, Cromwell sent a large number of
soldiers being billeted in Chiddingfold to control the industry. The cost of
feeding these unruly troops combined with heavy taxes led the villagers to
plead extreme poverty and a petition to have the soldiers removed was
successful. At this time taxes were based on hearths; in Chiddingfold there
were 263, which made it larger then than Haslemere, which had 204.
6.14
In the 18th century there are many tales of smugglers either passing through
the village or using it as a temporary storage point for contraband on its way
up from the coast to caves near Puttenham. Chantry Cottage on the north
side of the Green was one, as were houses on Lincoln’s Hill, where reputedly
the owners were also known to tie up fresh packhorses at night and take
away tired ones in the morning! At the turn of the 18th century a different
threat emerged, when roving press gangs came to the village to impress and
take away able-bodied men from the village to fight on board ship in the
various wars of the time. The only escape was to be bought out, but this did
not prevent some villagers being taken for a second time and this continued
well into the first half of the 19th century.
6.15
The population had risen from 176 in 1380 to 600 in 1600, and thereafter
increased only slowly – by the time of the first census in 1801 it was only 848.
In this period the village returned to a largely agricultural existence with many
tenant farmers. Many of these were in some financial difficulty as evidenced
by the large number of mortgaged properties in the 18th and 19th century.
Nine big estates encircled the village providing the main source of farming
and domestic employment. These workers often lived in very small,
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overcrowded cottages either on the estate or on the edge of the village. One
surviving example of this type is Codling Cottage in Pockford Road.
6.16
The way trade in the village operated was an interesting example of what we
would now call vertical integration. Sheep would be sheared and then the
wool brought to North Bridge where it was washed, dried and stored and yarn
produced. This was then taken to the Green where the wool was woven into a
course cloth known as Kersey Cloth. This was then taken to Southbridge
where it was dyed or tanned. Similarly cattle would be brought to the
slaughterhouse, and the hides would then go to the tannery and from there to
Beckhams in Coxcombe Lane where gloves were made.
6.17
The other main trade from this area to
London was for timber, cut planks,
hoops, flour and ironwork. Gradually
prosperity returned and some villagers
were clearly quite rich. This is reflected
in the fashionable facades that appeared
on the fronts of houses around the
Green.
This trend started with the
Queen Anne style front at Brockhurst
and the greatly expanded rectory at
Glebe House, followed by Georgian
fronts such as Beckhams and particularly
the Manor House, (then known as
Chiddingfold House and “owned by the
richest man in the village”) and later on
with Victorian fronts such as Brook
House.
6.18
Development over the last 250 years
Unlike the rest of the country, the
Industrial Revolution had little impact on
the village. Some industries continued
such as, charcoal burning, iron working,
tanning, tile making and from the middle
of the 16th century brick making using
Chiddingfold clay.
Traditional cloth
making declined and was replaced by
framework knitting, producing knitted
stockings and jerseys. Later two stick
factories were established using the
copses of sweet chestnut and ash for
making walking sticks and for umbrella
handles until the end of the 20th century.
6.19
Improvements in transport did give rise
to some change. Chiddingfold had always been on the ancient way south
from Guildford via Shalford and Hambledon entering the village from the
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north-east above Northbridge. Travellers from Elstead and Milford had to
make a long diversion to go around the heavily wooded Wormley Hill to join
the Hambledon road. In 1703 Prince George of Denmark on his way from
Windsor to Petworth described the Hambledon road as being “the worst ever
seen” after several accompanying coaches were overturned in the mud and
potholes. Although there was a track to Petworth the main route out of the
village was over Southbridge to Cripplecrutch Hill and then via Jobsons Lane,
past Lickfold along Highstead Lane to Midhurst and Chichester. The Ogilby
Map (1675) shows the Medieval route through Hambledon Hurst. This
Medieval route was critical to the development of Chiddingfold.
6.20
In 1750 a new turnpike was opened which took travellers (on the present
route of the A283) directly over the top of Wormley Hill and then on a new
raised dead-straight piece of road over marshland directly to Northbridge.
The foundations of this were apparently made of iron slag from the iron
smelters of previous centuries. Half way along this raised road there was a
hump on which stood a Tollgate and the Tollhouse, which still exists.
Different tolls were collected for any wheeled vehicle with rates that covered a
humble dog drawing a cart to a magnificent coach. At Northbridge, there was
the Gate House (Winterton Arms) where there was also a weighing machine
for calculating the tariff across the bridge.
6.21
The turnpike opened up the village both for the export of goods and to
passing trade. A regular service from Great Lombard Street in London to
Chichester was started costing 6 pence a mile for inside passengers. A
yellow and black coach, named “Earl of March” ran from Witley through
Chiddingfold to Petworth and Midhurst. After the railway through Witley to
Portsmouth was opened in 1859, coaches starting from Witley station went
south to Petworth and then on to Chichester with changes of horses every 15
miles or so.
6.22
The railway was a key factor of change to the area over the next 80 years as
it enabled London to be reached easily and resulted in rapid growth along its
route. However Chiddingfold missed out of the major growth in population and
prosperity that for instance came to Haslemere, because it was only served
by the station at “Witley for Chiddingfold” It did however further open up the
village and it became practical for affluent people to work in London and live
in Chiddingfold. It also greatly eased access to Godalming and Guildford and
generated a demand for transport to and from the station.
6.23
Education in Chiddingfold had been made compulsory for boys by a deed in
1666 and various houses had been used as schools until in 1835 a new
School room was built. This was expanded greatly when three new school
rooms were added in 1868, as a result of the generosity of both the Pinkard
and Sadler families. More shops and stores, the Methodist Chapel, a cricket
green and a number of terraced houses were built around this time as the
village expanded from the Green towards North Bridge and to the west along
Woodside Road. Next to the Crown, a new purpose designed banking house
was built near the Crown Inn in 1900.
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6.24
All these factors led to the village growing significantly from 300 to 400
houses between 1881 and 1901. However, in the same period the net
increase in population was only 220, indicating a move away from the very
large families that had been the norm in earlier times.
6.25
Despite this, for the ordinary villager life was still contained within the village
where they were born, educated, worked, played, cared for, attended church
and were ultimately buried, often without having left the village and
surrounding parishes.
6.26
Later development
By 1901 the population had risen to 1558, and in the first half of the twentieth
century more expansion took place, as people started to move out of the
towns, the car revolutionised travel, and land was released for house building.
At the same time a number of people who had made substantial fortunes in
the latter half of the 19th century started to build very fine country Houses in
the area, Coombe Court, Chiddingfold House, Pickhurst and Northbridge
House are all examples of this type.
6.27
Electricity had come early to the big houses using their own generator sets,
but it was not until the late 1920s that mains electricity became widely
available. A few houses also had telephones at this time, but mains
sewerage only became available in 1946 and then only to parts of the village
6.28
While the total population did not increase significantly between 1911 and
1951, this hides a significant social change as families became much smaller.
The impact of two World Wars and economic depression in the 1930’s led to a
drastic decline in agriculture, which had always been labour-intensive. This in
turn led to the division of most large estates and the sale of agricultural
cottages, which became occupied by smaller families. The large numbers of
tenant farmers declined steeply and most places of work were in towns and
cities and with only the two stick factories and shops providing limited local
employment.
6.29
As the 20th century progressed Chiddingfold became increasingly popular for
successful people who wanted to live in the country but of necessity or desire
worked in London. This trend was accelerated by electrification of the
London-Portsmouth railway in 1937 and post war the proximity to two major
airports meant it was a very convenient home for anyone who did a lot of
international travel liked the countryside and wanted their children to go to one
of the many excellent schools in the area. Employment opportunities in
Guildford and the surrounding towns also became much greater.
6.30
Housing pressures and expectations of higher living standards were reflected
by significant new building activity throughout the 20th century with the 400
houses in 1901 increasing to 579 by 2005. Whereas in 1900 there were a few
large houses and many expanded and a large number of 3 and 4 bed-roomed
houses built.
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6.31
Most of the house building in the 20th century occurred to the west of the
Conservation Area, initially in Woodside Road and then Ridgeley Road, while
on Ballsdown there was still an open field in 1939 with sheep grazing on the
dry soil while most of the houses there were built after the war. In the late
1940’s a number of council houses were built at Queensmead, Pathfields and
Hartsgrove with priority given to returning servicemen and displaced domestic
staff from the large estates. Further new estates were built from the 1980’s
onwards at Ashcombe, Crofts and Pinckards amongst others and the housing
stock further increased as many older properties have had their large gardens
in-filled.
6.32
For much of the 20th century the village managed to stay self sufficient with a
wide range of small shops and services available. These included three
banks, at least three grocers, three butchers, a tailor, laundry, cobbler, cycle
shop, ironmongers, chemist, dentist, doctors, schools, garage, coal
merchants, dairy, haberdashers, tea rooms and in fact very few houses did
not have some sort of front room trade or business. However, World War II
and the subsequent period of rationing and deprivation led to many of these
local shops and services disappearing.
6.33
The Present and Future
Chiddingfold today is an interesting subset of modern living. It combines a
wonderfully historic and picturesque central Conservation Area with a
surprisingly large population in the surrounding relatively modern houses.
The village and its surrounding countryside make it a very attractive
destination for visitors and walkers. The village is also very fortunate to have
retained quite an extensive range of local shops and services. These include
two general stores, a Post Office, a chemist, a blacksmith, a garage to the
north and to the south of the village, a high class butcher, a builders
merchant, electricians, doctors and veterinary surgeries, as well as active
churches, schools, playing fields, pubs and restaurants. These coupled to
reasonable communications, good schooling and excellent housing stock
make it a very attractive place to live as well as being a destination in its own
right, rather than just another dormitory town.
6.34
The challenge for the future is to ensure the village can retain this balance
between a historic, relatively self–sufficient, alive village and the pressures of
an ever growing and more compelling outside world with the attendant threats
to village businesses and services and to the peace of the village due to
significantly increased traffic.
6.35
Equally important will be the re-generation of a much wider degree of
involvement in and responsibility for community matters and creating
affordable housing so that the village can retain both young and lower paid
people as well as those who are more affluent.
6.36
Acknowledgements
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Rev T.S. Cooper’s History of Chiddingfold 1910; H.E. Malden, A history of the
Counties of Surrey 1911; Mrs H. C. Halahan Chiddingfold History, 1927;
H.R.H. White’s histories of the village, Church and Schools 1991-1999; Clare
Robinson’s lecture to Chiddingfold Society 1967; A bygone age: Memories of
Chiddingfold by Clare Simkin 1999; The History of Witley, Milford and
surrounding area by Elisabeth Forster.
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