Farleigh, Surrey

Farleigh is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chelsham and Farleigh in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. It is located in the North Downs AONB and the Metropolitan Green Belt, 4.5 mile (7 km) south east of Croydon, 13.4 mile (22 km) south of London and 25 mile (40 km) WNE of Surrey's county town, Guildford. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1285.

Farleigh lay within the Anglo Saxon feudal division of Tandridge hundred. Farleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as the manor of Ferlega. It was held by Robert de Wateville from Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare and de Tonbridge). Its domesday assets were: hide; 2 ploughs, 1 ox, to its overlords per year rendering £3. Judging by the style of the western doorway of St Mary's Church, a date about the close of the 11th century is indicated, at least for the building of the first stone church. The present building is of field flints, with the original rough yellow plaster or mortar coat outside, and with dressings of local firestone and inside a little caen stone. In the 13th century the manor belonged to Walter de Merton, who founded Merton College, Oxford and settled his property in Farleigh upon the new society. The living is a discharged rectory which gives rise to chancel repair liability on the holders of Merton College's land. By that time the tithes had been commuted for £177 4s, and the glebe consisted of
In 1911 Merton College continued to hold the manor. from 1965 to 1969 Farleigh was part of the London Borough of Croydon. Farleigh is 4.5 mile (7 km) south east of Croydon, 13.4 mile (22 km) south of London and 25 mile (40 km) WNE of Surrey's county town, Guildford. Together with Chelsham the total population of the civil parish was 356 as measured by the 2001 census.