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== External links ==
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{{Commons category|Alfold}}
* [http://www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=13412 Stained Glass Windows at St. Nicholas Alfold, Surrey]
* [http://www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=13412 Stained Glass Windows at St. Nicholas Alfold, Surrey]



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Alfold
Population1,046 
OS grid referenceTQ037339
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRANLEIGH
Postcode districtGU6
Dialling code01403
PoliceSurrey
FireSurrey
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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England
Surrey

Alfold is small village and civil parish on the Surrey/West Sussex border in England. The parish clerk is Mrs L.R. Enticknap.[1]

Originally sited perhaps for the glass making (evidence of which can be seen in Sidney Wood). Charcoal was extensively burnt in the parish for gunpowder works in Dunsfold, Cranleigh, and Sussex.

Alfold is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. This is probably because Alfold appears to have been an unrecorded, southern outpost in the multi-village estate of Bramley since pre-conquest times. The earliest mention of Alfold, in the 13th Century, records that it was attached to Shalford Manor. A charter of William Longespee, son of the Earl of Salisbury, records that the advowson, with the Manor of Shalford, is given to John, son of Geoffrey Earl of Essex, who died in 1256.

'Alfold' meant the 'old fold' or clearing enclosure for cattle.

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