Langley Vale
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 Langley Vale
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| Langley Vale shown within Surrey | |
| OS grid reference | TQ234561 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Epsom |
| Postcode district | KT |
| Dialling code | 01372 27 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Langley Vale is a residential locality of Epsom and Ewell Borough traditionally part of Epsom in the English county of Surrey. It is mixed buffered: to the north-east by Epsom Downs Racecourse, by hill farms and by Woodcote Park Golf Course. The nearest settlements are Burgh Heath and Tattenham Corner to the east, Tadworth to the south-east, Walton-on-the-Hill and Headley to the south, Ashtead to the west and the Woodcote part of Epsom to the north.
Patent Rolls and similar reveal the Vale was originally a farm with several tenants and later it became in effect a single farm (Langley Bottom Farm) and that after the Black Death or at least after the 14th century it started to disappear from the map. In a document dated 1255/1268 the land appears to be held by a William de Langley. John at Ley from Headley takes it on in 1331/2 and again in 1333/4, succeeding John de Langley. In 1347/8 the tenant is a John at Ley then the records give out. In 1435/6 another John Langley is tenant as subtenant of a William de Langhead of Epsom. The manorial survey of 1496 suggests it was being farmed as a single holding.
Historically, the land which comprised the village of Langley Bottom was, until 1877, part of the Ashtead Park Estate, although it was in the parish of Epsom.
It was subsequently sold as building land. OS maps show gradual development - in 1895, the road layout is shown but no development. By 1913 roads and some houses are named. By 1932 there are more houses but still some undeveloped areas. A great deal of development took place after World War II and in the 1970s infill houses were built on some of the large gardens.
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