Oxted is a town at the foot of the North Downs in the east of Surrey.
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| County: | Surrey |
| District: | Tandridge |
| Population: | 11,314 (2011 census parish only) |
The town has Saxon origins and was first mentioned in a Saxon charter in 882CE as Acustyde. The settlement was listed in the Domesday Book as Acstede. The name is derived from the Old English for oak and place (Ac Stede). Oxted remained a small village throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Like many settlements, it boomed in terms of wealth and populations after the arrival of the railways, the station opening in 1884.
It is now a commuter town with city workers taking trains to London. The town was listed as the twentieth richest town in Britain by the Daily Telegraph in 2011!
Oxted's parish church is St Mary the Virgin which has Norman origins (12th century) though most of the current church dates from later centuries, the tower with it's "battlements" is Norman.
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| Station walkway with pleasing mosaic |
