A very Short History of Coulsdon. Surrey. UK. Page 1
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
 applies to the number of men living in the village
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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
I think that this figure only
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1349. The Black Death
No figures are available for how many Coulsdon people,if any, 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 house was rebuilt
In 1921 it was listed as a Dairy farm of just over 100 acres
In the 1940s it grew wheat, and other cereal crops, in fields on both sides of Drive Road
In the 1950s I can remember it growing Red Currents, on the space in front of the house, and as a schoolboy being paid 6d (2.5p) per pound (approx 500 grams) weight for picking these
The farm still exists to this day, but not as working farm
** 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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