Everything about Chiddingfold totally explained
Chiddingfold is a
village and
civil parish in the heart of
The Weald in the
Waverley district of
Surrey,
England. It lies on the
A283 between
Milford and
Petworth.
Chiddingfold Forest is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) lying nearby.
History
The name of Chiddingfold "Chadynge's fold", "Chiddingefoulde", is derived from the Saxon, probably meaning the fold (enclosure for animals) "in the hollow".
Chiddingfold became famous for its
glass-making - during the reign of
Elizabeth I, there were no fewer than eleven glass works on the green. Chiddingfold glass was used in some of the finest buildings in the land, including St Stephen's Chapel,
Westminster, and
St George's Chapel,
Windsor.
The
Guy Fawkes festivities has an interesting past. In
1929, bonfire-related delinquency led to the last recorded reading of the
riot act in the UK. In
2005, notorious local youth Keith The Theif, burned down the bonfire 1 month before the day (
October 5) and it had to be hastily rebuilt.
Chiddingfold has opened an archive which shows the history of Chiddingfold and the previous owners of Chiddingfold houses.
Today
A
church (St Mary's),
14th century pub (The Crown),
forge, pond, shops and cottages lie on three sides of a large village green. There was also a brick works. In late 2007 the The Crown Pub went into receivership and the pub closed. The Surrey Advertiser reported that a number of families arriving for their Christmas lunch found the pub closed; despite having paid for their meal in advance.
The village is known for its torchlit procession, bonfire and fireworks display on a Saturday evening closest to
November 5
(
Guy Fawkes Day). The bonfire takes weeks to build and is generally as big as a house. A village festival is also held every year on a Sunday in June and an art festival on a Saturday in September (with a preview on the Friday before); in 2007, it was on 22nd September. Chiddingfold Horticultural Society holds competitions. There is a scout group provides with about seventy boys and girls as members.
The Chiddingfold doctors' surgery covers an area of 100 square miles.
Chiddingfold Scout Group provides Fun and Adventure for over 70 boys and girls.
Media links
Rock group
The Stranglers - then called The Guildford Stranglers, and prior to that The Chiddingfold Chokers - were based in Chiddingfold for a while during the early seventies and frequented 'The Crown'. The rock band Genesis built their studio
The Farm here in the early 1980s.
Chiddingfold is referred to in a Mr Cholmondley-Warner sketch from
Harry Enfield's TV series, in which a newsreel - supposedly from 1940 - looks forward to "life in 1990" and predicts that the
United States would have come back under
British rule, with
New York City renaming itself "Chiddingfold-on-Sea".
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