| Burgh Heath | |
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 St Mary's parish church | |
  Burgh Heath Location withinSurrey | |
| Population | 1,884 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TQ242580 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tadworth |
| Postcode district | KT20 |
| Dialling code | 01737 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| 51°18′18″N0°13′12″W / 51.305°N 0.220°W /51.305; -0.220 | |
Burgh Heath (/ˌbɜːrˈhiːθ/burHEETH or, especially amongst older residents,/ˌbʌrəˈhiːθ/BURR-əHEETH)[1] is a residential neighbourhood with a remnant part of the Banstead Commons of the same name. Immediately north ofUpper Kingswood on theA217 road, it adjoins part ofBanstead to the north. The north of the area is more specifically called Great Burgh, but the terms are largely interchangeable.
Burgh or Great Burgh was amanor ofBanstead with anOld English name, it saw very little expansion before the end of the 19th century being on land which was part of the large, and water-scarce BansteadHeath orCommon on theNorth Downs. It developed into a village-likehamlet in the early part of the 20th century.[2]
TheDomesday Book records a church at Burgh, connected with its manor held byOdo, Earl of Kent.[3]Rectors were instituted to it in the 14th and 15th centuries, but there is no evidence of its having been a separate parish from Banstead after 1414, in the latter's many governmental and ecclesiastical patent, enquiry and taxation rolls.[2] Bergh or Burgh Church was between Little Burgh House and Church Lane, where the foundations remained supporting a barn until about 1880.[2]
The presentChurch of England parish church ofSaint Mary is a Gothic revival building completed in 1909.[4]
A pump-station was built in 1943 at Burgh Heath on thefuel pipeline running from the Thames to Dungeness. It was declared surplus to requirements in 1973 and was later sold and demolished.[5]
Burgh Heath is a residential settlement centred on a remnant part of the Banstead Commons of the same name on upper slopes of theNorth Downs. Adjoining areNork a neighbourhood of the village Banstead which has that village's train station, directly north andUpper Kingswood to the south. Thedual carriageway has meant that today there are two separate areas of housing: a larger part with shops on the main road and surrounding Canons Lane to the east and the other to the west close to the ponds, facing Burgh Heath and to distinguish it from the built up sections, known to its residents as "TheGreen". The2011 Census recorded Burgh Heath's population as 1,884 people living in 843 households.[6] Burgh Heath has a largeAsda superstore which opened in 1988, a luxury sports car garage andToyota's UK headquarters are in the north of the area at Great Burgh.[7] There is aparade of shops along the A217 of small independent retailers and several small restaurants. However, the majority of residents in the area arecommuters out of the area.[citation needed]
The residential area is bordered to the south by the Burgh Heath itself, one of four parts of Banstead Commons, managed by the Banstead Commons Conservators and itsbyelaws. It is bordered east and north by farmland leading to Banstead Woods, managed by local authorityReigate and Banstead Borough Council.[2]
Beside the supermarket is a triangular wood in part of which is Burgh Heath BMX Track.[8]
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