Editing Fetcham (section)

==History==
The name Fetcham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "Fecca's ham" – Fecca's settlement. Fetcham lay within the [[Copthorne (hundred)|Copthorne]] [[hundred (county subdivision)|hundred]].

Indeed, there is evidence that there were even earlier settlements, with the discovery of Stone and Bronze Age tools and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] artefacts, as well as three ancient burial grounds.

Fetcham appears in [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Feceham''. It was held partly by [[William the Conqueror]]; partly by Richard from the [[Bishop of Bayeux]] partly by Oswald the [[Thegn]]. Its Domesday assets were: 7 [[hide (unit)|hides]]; 5½ [[Mill (grinding)|mills]] worth 17s; 10½ [[plough]]s; 2 [[ox]]en; {{convert|30|acre|ha}} of [[meadow]]; [[woodland]], herbage and [[pannage]] worth 23 [[hog (swine)|hogs]]. It rendered £10 10s 0d per year to its [[feudal system]] overlords per year.<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030000000/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |date=30 October 2007 }}</ref> Fetcham, therefore, was referenced in the [[Domesday]] survey as three manors; one known as King's Manor was probably [[Fetcham Park]]; another was given to [[Odo, Bishop of Bayeux]] after the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman conquest]]. The third was an Augustinian foundation from [[Merton Priory]], at Cannon Court, which [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] dissolved in 1538.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/place.aspx?gid=32&region=2 |title=British History – A History of Parliament Trust/University of Portsmouth project |access-date=23 June 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510164156/http://british-history.ac.uk/place.aspx?gid=32&region=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Its small manorial farming community numbered 176 in the survey, but halved as a result of the [[Black Death]] in 1349. In the first half of the nineteenth century the population was still only around 370<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50962#s1 |title=Fetcham - Fincham &#124; British History Online |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-date=11 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711211350/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50962#s1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [https://archive.today/20120712172201/http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-SURREY/1999-04/0924853766]. In the 1931 census it had reached 1,318 and by 1972 was 7,331.<ref>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-SURREY/1999-04/0924853766 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

[[St. Mary’s Church, Fetcham|St Mary's Church]] has been a place of Christian worship for over 1000 years. Built during [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] and early [[Normans|Norman]] periods, it is probably on the site of an even earlier timber church. There are many hints of its past in its structure. These include the south-west quoin of the nave, and a single splay window high on the south wall with traces of Roman brick as well as arches that are presumed to pre-date 1066.

In 1951 the [[civil parish]] had a population of 4178.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10019000/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Fetcham AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/surrey%20mid%20eastern.html|title=Surrey Mid-Eastern Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref>