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5 unusual facts about Lingfield


Evelyn Fox

Fox, who was General Secretary of the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH – now known as MIND) in the late 1940s, along with Tyler Fox (no relation), Medical Director of the Epilepsy Colony at Lingfield, Surrey and Irene Gairdner, a social science graduate from the London School of Economics, were the driving forces for the creation of the British Epilepsy Association (BEA).

John Ruston

A Requiem Mass was held on 18 May 2010 at the College of St Barnabas, Lingfield, Surrey.

Tandridge District

Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England containing part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Weald and the towns of Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Godstone and Lingfield.

The district is not currently twinned however one of its towns, Lingfield is twinned with Plaisance du Touch, Toulouse, France.

Thomas Cobham, 5th Baron Cobham

He died in 1471, without legitimate male issue, and was buried at Lingfield, Surrey.


Otto Newman

Later, he was transferred to the transit camp at the Lingfield horseracing track.


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