We could not match "CATERHAM" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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• You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. There are no units called "CATERHAM" (excluding any that have already been grouped into the places you have already searched), but administrative unit searches can be narrowed by area and type, and broadened using wild cards and "sound-alike" matching:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "CATERHAM":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Caterham	Surrey	Caterham , par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Surrey, 7 miles S. of Croydon, 2438 ac., pop. 6259; P.O., T.O.; has barracks	Bartholomew
  CATERHAM	Surrey	Caterham Valley is a separate charge, and was constituted in 1866. The Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan asylum, reported to be in Caterham	Imperial
  Caterham Junction	Surrey	Caterham Junction , sta. on South-Eastern Ry., E. Surrey, 13 miles S. of London.	Bartholomew
  Caterham Valley	Surrey	Caterham Valley , eccl. dist. and vil., Caterham and Coulsdon pars., pop. 834; P.O., T.O.	Bartholomew
  CHALDON	Surrey	Caterham railways, 2 miles NE by N of Merstham r. station, and 5 NE of Reigate. Post Town, Merstham, under	Imperial
  COULSDON, or Cullesden	Surrey	Caterham railway, 2½ miles SSW of Caterham-Junction r. station, and 5 S by W of Croydon. Post town	Imperial
  FARLEY	Surrey	Caterham, under Red Hill. Acres, 1, 060. Real property, £794. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. The property is subdivided; and part	Imperial
  GODSTONE	Surrey	Caterham r. station, and 6½ E by N of Reigate. It shows many marks of antiquity; is supposed by some	Imperial
  Kenley	Surrey	Kenley , hamlet, with ry. sta., Coulsdon par., Surrey, 1½ mile SE. of Caterham Junction; P.O.	Bartholomew
  KENLEY	Surrey	KENLEY , a railway station in the E of Surrey; on the Caterham railway, 1½ mile SSE of Caterham Junction.	Imperial
  Platt Green	Surrey	Platt Green , hamlet, Caterham par., Surrey, 1 mile SW. of Caterham.	Bartholomew
  PLATT-GREEN	Surrey	PLATT-GREEN , a hamlet in Caterham parish, Surrey; 1 mile S W of Caterham village.	Imperial
  Ribbles Down	Surrey	Ribbles Down , near Caterham Junction, Surrey.	Bartholomew
  SANDERSTEAD	Surrey	Caterham Junction r. station, and 3 S S E of Croydon. It has apillar-box under Croydon. Acres, 2, 245. Real	Imperial
  SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY	Kent London Surrey Sussex	Caterham, the Mid-Kent, and the Charing-Cross; and it had altogether 334 miles in operation at the end of 1867. Its capital	Imperial
  TITSEY	Surrey	Caterham r. station. Post town, Godstone, under Red Hill. Acres, 1,936. Real property, £2,225. Pop., 167. Houses	Imperial
  WARLINGHAM	Surrey	Caterham railway, 4¾ miles SSE of Croydon. It has a post-office under Croydon, and a r. station. Acres	Imperial
  WHITE HILL	Surrey	Caterham parish, Surrey; 6 miles NE of Reigate. An ancient camp, called the Cardinal's Cap, is on its summit	Imperial
  Woldingham	Surrey	Woldingham , par., Surrey, 2 miles E. of Caterham sta., 684 ac., pop. 132.	Bartholomew
  WOLDINGHAM	Surrey	Caterham r. station. Post town, Croydon. Acres, 1,570. Real property, £283. Pop., 67. Houses, 8. The living is a rectory	Imperial

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:
  
  



• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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