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Kenley history


A comprehensive history of Kenley is found in the Bourne Society’s ‘Kenley Village History’ A comprehensible history of Kenley can be found in a comprehensive history of the village.

Suburban development

For centuries, Kenley was part of Coulsdon Manor which covered the whole area now known as Coulsdon, Old Coulsden, Purley and Kenley . As with most of this area, it was primarily farm land with a few big houses and estates .

Second World War

RAF Kenley was a strategic airfield in the Battle of Britain . The Luftwaffe attempted to destroy it by means of a massive bombing raid on 18 August 1940 . Despite some damage to the airfield and surrounding buildings and homes, this bombing raid proved unsuccessful .

Post-war development

In 1959, Kenley was closed as an operational base of the RAF . Today, the aerodrome is used exclusively by gliders of the Air Training Corps and the Surrey Hills Gliding Club .

  

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