Dormansland is a village and civil parish approximately one mile south of Lingfield in Surrey, southern England. It is bordered on the east by the county of Kent and on the south by West Sussex.
The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of Dormansland.
The earliest known settlement in the parish was at Dry Hill, dating from approximately 500BC. The camp lay at the junction of trackways from the north and east.
The name of the village is derived ...
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Dormansland is a village and civil parish approximately one mile south of Lingfield in Surrey, southern England. It is bordered on the east by the county of Kent and on the south by West Sussex.
The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of Dormansland.
The earliest known settlement in the parish was at Dry Hill, dating from approximately 500BC. The camp lay at the junction of trackways from the north and east.
The name of the village is derived from Richard Derman who is recorded as holding land in the area in 1435, with the name Dermannysland first appearing in the manorial rolls in 1489.
Until the enclosure of the Lingfield Commons in 1816, Dormansland consisted of a few farms and cottages. A Baptist Chapel was built in 1796, and a National School in 1851. By the opening of the Dormans railway station in 1884 the village had most of its modern layout, except for a few housing estates (such as Locks Meadow) later built on farmland.
The church of St John the Evangelist was built in...
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