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Mickleham Down

Mickleham
St Michaels Mickleham.jpg
St. Michaels church
Mickleham is located in Surrey
Mickleham
Mickleham
Mickleham shown within Surrey
Area 7.31 km2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population 585 (Civil Parish 2011)
• Density 80/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid reference TQ171534
Civil parish
  • Mickleham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Dorking
Postcode district RH5
Dialling code 01372 or 01306
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
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51°16′05″N 0°19′16″W / 51.268°N 0.321°W / 51.268; -0.321Coordinates: 51°16′05″N 0°19′16″W / 51.268°N 0.321°W / 51.268; -0.321

Mickleham is a village and civil parish between the towns of Dorking and Leatherhead in Surrey, England covering 7.31 square kilometres (1,810 acres). The parish includes the hamlets of Fredley and Westhumble.

Mickleham lies near to the old Roman road known as Stane Street. Then, acquiring its Old English based name, the small settlement lay within the Copthorne hundred used for meetings of the wealthy and powerful for strategic purposes in Anglo-Saxon England.

Mickleham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Michelham and Micleham. It was partly held by Nigel from the Bishop of Bayeux and partly by Oswald from (under) Richard de Tonbridge. Its domesday assets were: 7 hides; 1 church, 7 ploughs, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of meadow, woodland worth 4 hogs. It rendered £10 per year to its overlords.

Nearby Mickleham Down was the venue for a single wicket cricket match on Monday, 29 June 1730. The game was between two teams of three and played for a substantial stake of £50. The teams, Surrey and Sussex, were described in a contemporary newspaper report as "esteemed the best in the respective counties" but it does not name the players. The Sussex three won the match. This is the first and only reference to Mickleham in association with cricket of a senior level.


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