Burstow

Burstow is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. Its largest settlement is Smallfield. Smallfield is ENE of Gatwick Airport and the M23 motorway, southwest of Oxted and east of Horley. Crawley is a nearby large commercial town, southwest of Burstow and southwest of Smallfield. Towards the outside of the London commuter belt, some residents commute to the capital by road or rail from here as London is to the north or Horley railway station is accessible. HistoryEtymologyBurstowe and Burghstowe appear in the ; Byrstowe appears in the 15th century and Bristowe is seen as an alternative to Burstow in the 17th century. Pre Roman settlementsNo artefacts are held in or referred to in the Surrey Archaeological Society predating the Anglo Saxon era in this parish. Dark and Middle AgesThe first mention of Burstow is in a church record of 1121 the north and part of the west walls of the nave, with the west half of the north wall of the chancel, are for the most part of approximately 1210 in architecture; however its listing gives its date as 12th century references including Nicholas Pevsner's Buildings of England. ManorsBurstow ManorRecords exist referring to this manor in the 13th century which is today the Grade II* listed building with tightly surrounding wide moat, Burstow Lodge formerly taking up the north of all the parish land.

Burstow is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. Its largest settlement is Smallfield. Smallfield is ENE of Gatwick Airport and the M23 motorway, southwest of Oxted and east of Horley. Crawley is a nearby large commercial town, southwest of Burstow and southwest of Smallfield. Towards the outside of the London commuter belt, some residents commute to the capital by road or rail from here as London is to the north or Horley railway station is accessible. HistoryEtymologyBurstowe and Burghstowe appear in the ; Byrstowe appears in the 15th century and Bristowe is seen as an alternative to Burstow in the 17th century. Pre Roman settlementsNo artefacts are held in or referred to in the Surrey Archaeological Society predating the Anglo Saxon era in this parish. Dark and Middle AgesThe first mention of Burstow is in a church record of 1121 the north and part of the west walls of the nave, with the west half of the north wall of the chancel, are for the most part of approximately 1210 in architecture; however its listing gives its date as 12th century references including Nicholas Pevsner's Buildings of England. ManorsBurstow ManorRecords exist referring to this manor in the 13th century which is today the Grade II* listed building with tightly surrounding wide moat, Burstow Lodge formerly taking up the north of all the parish land.