15 Facts About Oxted

Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs.

Oxted is a commuter town with a railway station, with direct train services to London and has the district council offices.

Settlements of Hurst Green and Holland within the civil parish to the south, including a public house named after Oxted, are continuous but almost wholly residential areas .

The name Oxted suggests that the modern settlement was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period and it is possible that St Mary's Church is built on a pre-Christian religious site.

Oxted appears in the Domesday Book as Acsted and was held by Eustace II, Count of Boulogne.

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Early medieval manor of Oxted was centred on Oxted Court Farm, to the south of St Mary's Church.

Oxted's estate was inherited by his five daughters, each of whom was given a share of the land.

Oxted passed the manor to her descendants, the Hoskins Master family.

Oxted was part of the Godstone Rural District from 1894 until 1974, when it was combined with the Caterham and Warlingham Urban District to create the Tandridge District.

Settlement of Old Oxted was founded in the 13th and 14th centuries, to the south east of St Mary's Church, centred on a crossroads where the Guildford to Canterbury road met Beadle's Lane and Brook Hill .

Oxted is in the parliamentary constituency of East Surrey and has been represented at Westminster since May 2019 by Conservative Claire Coutinho.

Oxted is one of the few Surrey towns to retain a town brass band, Oxted Band, which has been a fixture within the town since 1901.

Oxted is served by a total of four bus routes, operated by Southdown PSV .

Oxted School was opened in 1929 and was the first co-educational grammar school in Surrey.

Oxted United Cricket Club was formed c and ran until 1893.