In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chelsham like this:
CHELSHAM, a parish in Godstone district, Surrey; on the verge of the county, 2½ miles E of Warlingham r. station, and 6¼ SE of Croydon. Post town, Warlingham, under Croydon. Acres, 3, 314. Real property, £2, 181. Pop., 401. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. An ancient oblong camp is on Battlehill. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Warlingham, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is early English, and has an ancient font.
Chelsham through time
Chelsham is now part of Tandridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tandridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chelsham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chelsham, in Tandridge and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4090
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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