This article is about the town in England. For the car manufacturer, see Caterham Cars. Coordinates: 51°16′49″N 0°04′54″W / 51.2803, -0.0816 2007 50th Anniversary 7 logo Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars based in Caterham, Surrey, England and part of the British motor industry. ...
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Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It lies on the A22 Eastbourne road south of Croydon in a valley cut into the dip slope of the North Downs. Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England. ...
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Geology of the South East, Chalk is light green (6) A cross-section , showing the Wealden Dome, and relating it to the towns of Kent The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills located in south east England that stretch for 120 miles (190 km) from Hampshire through Surrey...
History
The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Tandridge hundred. The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
Tandridge is to the west of the Surrey hundreds Tandridge was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. ...
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The original settlement was on the ridge above the modern town and is now called Caterham-on-the-Hill. The modern town in the valley is a product of the Victorian age and the coming of the Caterham railway line in 1856. The Victorian expansion of the town required the building of a much larger parish church (St Mary the Virgin) in 1866 but the old Norman church of St Lawrence was retained and remains directly across the road from St Mary's. As it grew Caterham Valley gained its own church, St. John the Evangelist, which was consecrated in 1882. It is even larger than St. Mary's. The Caterham Line is a commuter service in south London and Surrey, connecting Caterham with London. ...
The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the nave is a forerunner of the Gothic style. ...
From 1877 Caterham barracks on the hill was a depot for the foot guards regiments. In August 1975 a local public house (the Caterham Arms) which was frequented by soldiers was targeted by an IRA bomb. The barracks were closed in the 1990s and the site redeveloped for housing. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) (IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Army or the RA.[2]) is an Irish Republican, left wing[3] paramilitary organisation that, until the Belfast Agreement, sought to end Northern...
The North Downs Way, a popular National trail with walkers passes very close to the town. The North Downs Way is a long-distance path in southern England. ...
Commerce Caterham Cars, makers of the Caterham Seven sports car, are based in Station Avenue although the cars are actually manufactured in Dartford. In 2007 Caterham Cars will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. 2007 50th Anniversary 7 logo Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars based in Caterham, Surrey, England and part of the British motor industry. ...
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The Caterham Bypass was the world's first bypass. The A22 is a major road in England. ...
Sport Sports teams based in Caterham include youth football teams Caterham Pumas and Queens Park FC, and Old Caterhamians Rugby Football Club, which was established in 1928. Caterham Sea Cadets, formed in 1942, also participate in a number of watersports activities.
Education
Caterham School Caterham School is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 -18 years on the outskirts of Caterham. Angus Deayton, Alistair Brown, and James Benning (both Surrey Cricketers) attended the school. Entrance Caterham School is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Caterham, Surrey and a member of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference. ...
Gordon Angus Deayton (born January 6, 1956) is an English comic actor and television presenter. ...
Alistair (Ali) Duncan Brown (born 11 February 1970) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. ...
James Graham Edward Benning (born 4 May 1983 in Mill Hill, London) is a Surrey cricketer. ...
de Stafford School de Stafford School is a public school for students age 11-18. It is located on Burntwood Lane.
East Surrey Museum The small East Surrey Museum near the station houses a local history collection. It is open on Wednesdays and at weekends and admission is free.
See also The 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom report on Britains defences believed that London was practically undefendable, but the view in the 1880s changed the emphasis to schemes based on simple earthworks for infantry and moveable armaments. ...
Pubs - The Harrow
- The Valley Pub
- The Old Surrey Hounds
- The Royal Oak
- The Blacksmith's Arms
- The King and Queen
- The Golden Lion
- The Caterham Arms
- The Clifton Arms
- The Tally Ho!
- The Pilgrim
References
External links - Page for Caterham in Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891
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