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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tadworth

  

Tadworth Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tadworth

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Tadworth history

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Neolithic and Roman period in Britain

South Tadworth Farm is an Iron Age Banjo enclosure, a term used by archaeologists for a distinctive type of prehistoric settlement. They were mostly constructed and used during the Middle Iron Age (400–100 BC), although some remained in use up to the Roman Conquest (43 AD) There are three more rectangular inclosures, which may be mentioned here as being connected in all probability with the settlement of which this villa was part.

Dark and Middle Ages

Tadworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Tadeorde and Tadorne. It was held partly by Halsart from William de Braiose and partly by Radulf (Ralph) from the Bishop of Bayeux. In 1273 John and James, sons of William Haunsard lord of North Tadworth Manor, gave a carucate of land, 2 acres of pasture, 12 acres of wood, and 20s. rent to the Priory of St Mary Overy. In 1524 they gave it with the rectory of Banstead to William Coltson and Richard Moys and Elizabeth his wife for a term of forty years.

Post Reformation

South Tadworth manor’s purchasing Lord of the Manor, Leonard Wessels rebuilt the manor on its site and renamed it Tadworth Court in 1700.

Post Industrial Revolution

The great tithes were commuted for £393, the vicarial lesser tithes for £300, and a rent-charge of £201. 5. 9. was payable to the trustees of Newport Grammar School; the glebe (of Banstead) consisted of 6½ acres. The British Transport Police’s training headquarters was located at a site between Tadworth and Walton-on-the-Hill until 2010.

Tadworth landmarks

The Children’s Trust

Tadworth Court was built in 1700 for Leonard Wessels, Lord of the Manor of Banstead. The Children’s Trust, Tadworth a national charity providing special care for severely disabled children.

The Water Tower

Tower House, Tower Road, Tadworth, was constructed in 1898 and provided water from the springs of the Sutton District Water Company in Sutton. The tower was decommissioned in the early 20th century in favour of one at Colley Hill.

Tadworth geography / climate

Tadworth lay within Copthorne hundred, an administrative division devised by the Saxons and later adopted by the Normans. The Tattenham Corner Branch Line forms a deep, curved cutting running past gardens in the centre of the village as it turns to the racecourse to the north.

Elevation, geology and soil

Tadworth is roughly rectangular and is under a mile broad as it has historically been taken to include Banstead Heath to the south, on which it was placed. The entire village sits on top of the North Downs and slopes very gradually from the north to 151m AOD at the top of Langley Vale.

You can visit Tadworth places with Walkfo Tadworth to hear history at Tadworth’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tadworth has 27 places to visit in our interactive Tadworth map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tadworth, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tadworth places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tadworth & the surrounding areas.

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27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Tadworth tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tadworth

  

Best Tadworth places to visit

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Tadworth has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tadworth’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tadworth’s information audio spots:

New Mill, Tadworth New Mill is a grade II listed post mill at Tadworth, Surrey, England . It is on the Buildings at Risk Register . The mill was built in the 1930s and is Grade II listed .

Woodcote Park Woodcote Park is a stately home near Epsom, Surrey, England, owned by the Royal Automobile Club . It was formerly the seat of a number of prominent English families, including the Calvert family, Barons Baltimore and Lords Proprietor of the colony of Maryland . The interior of the house once boasted a gilded library and number of fine murals by notable Italian artists .

Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court was an 85-acre (34 ha) facility in Headley, near Epsom, Surrey. It was used as a rehabilitation centre for injured members of the British Armed Forces between 1985 and 2018. The site was sold by the MoD in 2018, upon purchase of Stanford Hall and conversion to the Defence and National Rehabilitation Center.

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