12 Facts About Caterham

Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England.

Caterham's heirs sold them on the dissolution to Lord Berners who died in debt in 1533 resulting in bona vacantia and seizure by the Crown.

Caterham's nephew inherited it of the same name and in 1770 his sons sold the title alone and perhaps house to Matthew Robinson.

From 1877 Caterham Barracks on the hill was a depot for the footguards regiments.

When parish and district councils were established in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, Caterham was given a parish council, which was subordinate to the Godstone Rural District Council.

Related searches

Traffic to and from the London and Croydon to the north heading towards the M25 motorway is routed around the town on the A22 over the Caterham Bypass, opened in 1939 as one of the earliest such roads in the country.

Caterham School is a large independent co-educational day and boarding school situated along the sides of the Harestone Valley.

Caterham Asylum, later known as Caterham Mental Hospital and later still as Saint Lawrence's Hospital, was a very large establishment for the treatment of the mentally ill.

Three private schools in Caterham are Caterham School established at its present site since 1884, which is in the outskirts of the town, Oakhyrst Grange School and Essendene Lodge School.

Caterham has an online radio station for the community, called Ridge Radio.

Caterham United Reformed Church was built by nonconformists in 1863, followed by the Church of St John the Evangelist in 1881.

Notable sportspeople from Caterham include the footballers Nicky Forster and David Price and cricketer Dar Lyon, all of whom were born in the town.