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Normandy, Surrey history

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As a parish, the history of Normandy is the combined history of its constituent hamlets. Christmas Pie, Flexford, Willey Green, Wyke, Pinewoods and Normandy proper.

Toponymy

The earliest known occurrence of the name Normandy is from 1604, when the court records of the Manor of Cleygate refer to Normandy Causeway. The name Frimsworth (also Frymsworth, Frymlesworth, Fremsworth) is much older, being first recorded in 1225, but no longer survives. Normandy Common may be the common referred to in the records as a part of the manor in the north and west.

Early history

In late Saxon England the lands were within the holdings of Earl Godwin, father of King Harold Godwinson. Later, the Domesday Book records that the manor covered large parts of what is now Normandy, as well as Ash. Normandy though was not mentioned by name, the name not being known until 1604.

History since 1876

Normandy Farm was the final home of the early 19th century radical reformer and agrarian William Cobbett, the author of Rural Rides. Normandy was considered for the site of a “New Town” to be called “New Norman” in the 1943 Town and Country Plan produced by the Surrey Federation of Labour Parties.

Foot-and-mouth outbreak

Foot-and-mouth disease was the first outbreak of its kind in the UK for six years. Cattle on farmland within the parish were found to be infected with the disease on 3 August 2007.

  

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