A very Short History of Coulsdon. Surrey. UK. Page 1
A short article was published in the Croydon Life Magazine, dated June 2007, under the title 'Tales of Croydon Past'
Of the 753 words in the article, 139, about 18%, were taken straight from
this web site
Whilst this is very flattering it was done without any permission being
sought from myself, the owner and webmaster, of the site
I wrote to the editor about this flagrant disregard of copyright, and received no reply, but to add insult to injury, a letter was published in the next edition stating how the letter writer enjoyed the article
All the wording on the Short History, and Naming of Coulsdon pages, that are in italics, and underlined, were the copy, word for word, that appeared
in the article
Hugh McCullough July 2007
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Old Coulsdon
Latitude: 51.301881°
Longitude: -0.114352°
Altitude at Coulsdon Common 575ft (175m)
Text in this colour applies to the upstart youngster, Coulsdon, on the A23
Recorded history can be traced back to the year 675 when a deed for Coulsdon
(Curedesdone) Manor was granted to Chertsey Abbey by King Frithwald, but people had been living in the area long before this time
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 Farthing Downs
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Evidence of flint axes (c100,000 BC) have been found, also a Celtic field system on Farthing Downs, dated about 550 BC, and a Roman burial ground
The Domesday Book ** (1086) records Coulsdon (Colesdone) of having a church and a population of about 55 people
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1349. The Black Death
No figures are available for how many Coulsdon people died from this disease, but the population of England halved from about 5 million to 2.5 million
1398. Tollers farmhouse burnt down
Arson was suspected, but never proved
The farm still exists to this day, but not as working farm
I can remember it growing soft fruits in the 1950s, and as a schoolboy being paid 6d (2.5p) per pound (approx 500 grms) weight for fruit picking
** The Domesday Book is so called because it was primarily a record of tax to be paid to the King, William the Conquer
Once this was written down there was no escaping it
Nothing changes, does it?
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