Travel to Chelsham Map
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Chelsham history
Early history
Flint implements and flakes are not uncommon in Warlingham and Chelsham . Evidence of a neolithic population frequenting the area suggests they were frequented by the area .
Dark, Middle Ages and post-Reformation
Chelsham appeared in Domesday Book as Celesham held by Robert de Wateville from Richard de Clare . Its domesday assets were: 1 church, 11 ploughs, from customary dues 1 hog .
Chelsham Watervile
From first being held by Robert de Watevile of de Clare (in return for a rent and fealty) its tenancy passed to Walter de Godstone in 1284 . The overlordship remained in the Clare family until the death of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester in 1314 .
Chelsham Court
Chelsham Court was first held in 1306 . In 1428 John Uvedale had already acquired the manor . Four younger sons shared a £20 per year annuity each as an elder Uvedal brother inherited . One of these was implicated in the Dudley conspiracy in Mary I of England .
Rowholt
Rowholt is now called Ledgers Park or Ledgers Farm . The manor was given to Tonbridge Priory in 1243-4 but was suppressed by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1524 . Henry VIII granted it in a land-swap to Sheen Priory until he dissolved that priory in 1539 .
Post-Industrial Revolution
Warlingham Common, a large tract of common land was inclosed in 1866 and extended into Chelsham . The common land is now known as Warlingam Common .
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