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The history of Effingham

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The name of Effingham is thought to derive from AEFFING (or YFFINGHAME) (son of YFFE), who was given the land by the first king of the South Saxons about 493 AD.

The first documentary evidence of Effingham was around 200 years later, 674 AD, when the Venerable Bede relates that Erconwald had founded a monastery at what is now known as Chdefrtsey, and that Bishop Frithwald, Viceroy of Surrey, had granted to the abbey 20 dwellings in “Bocham cum Effingham”. In the Danish wars of 871 the Abbot and monks were killed, the Abbey burnt and the lands laid waste. The Abbey was refounded in 933 and the grant of Effingham and Bookham, among other places, was confirmed by King Athelstan in the same year.

The Domesday Survey of 1086, in which King William took stock of his possessions, includes an entry for Effingham. The village is a typical Saxon foundation set on the lower edge of the dip slope of the North Downs. Lower Road follows an ancient track- way which divided the chalk from the water-logged clay.

A number of old houses and farms remain in the village.Home Farm - a 16th Century building. 

Middle Farm - 15th or 16th Century.

Crosslands - another of the oldest in Effingham and with medieval features.

  

Browns - was the manor house of Effingham Manor in 1550 and was refaced in red brick in 18th Century. It was one of seven houses belonging to Lord Howard of Effingham. Another of his houses was Effingham Golf Club. The Club House is Georgian but the handsomely carved mantel-piece in the Oak Lounge, bearing the date 1571 is probably a relic from an earlier Manor House, perhaps even the original Manor House of the Admirals. In 1347 the manor was in possession of Sir John de Poulteney, five times Lord Mayor of London. In 1554 it passed to Henry VIII and Henry s son Edward VI granted it to Lord William Howard when he created him Baron Howard of Effingham for his services in the supression of Wyatts rebellion. Lord Howard of Effingham is the most famous name linked with the village. He was the Lord High Admiral of England who led the English fleet against the Armada in 1588 and whose flagship, the Ark Royal, forms the village emblem. A model of the flagship is in the Club House of the Golf Club. Another famous name is that of Sir Barnes-Wallis , the inventor famous for the Dambuster Bomb in the last world war 1939-1945. He lived in Beech Avenue. Orestan Lane used to continue on to East Horsley and was part of the main road between Guildford and Leatherhead. The A246 is now the main road between them. Two Lodge Houses are on this road, Effingham Lodge is the older - shown on the 1839 tithe map.

Outdowns Lodge is typical Lovelace architecture and seems to have been built a little later. There used to be a toll-gate on A246-shown on the 1839 map, but by 1872 no longer in use, hence Toll-gate Farm. The Church of St. Lawrence in the village is very old and has been restored although the south transept, dating from about 1250, has a fine medieval timber roof.

The village used to be an agricultural community although now is very much a commuter area.

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