Meadvale

Coordinates: 51°13′38″N 0°11′13″W / 51.22721°N 0.18707°W / 51.22721; -0.18707

Meadvale
Meadvale  Meadvale shown within Surrey
Population	less than 6,000
OS grid reference	TQ267491
District	Reigate and Banstead
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	REDHILL
Postcode district	RH1
Dialling code	01737
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Reigate
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Meadvale (or sometimes "Mead Vale") is a suburb of Redhill in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey to the south of Redhill and Reigate.

The census area Meadvale and St Johns has a population of 7,466.^[1]

History

The history of Redhill owes its origins in pocket communities of Linkfield Street, Hooley, Wiggy, Little London and Meadvale.

Meadvale was known in the 19th century as Meads Hole. The name means meadowland hollow. There were a number of dwellings and pottery businesses scattered over the common including some kilns. The village had two butchers, a baker, a draper, a tailor and a grocer's shop. The first school was held in the village hall with a fee of one penny a week for each child. At the beginning of the 19th century, there was a tanyard adjoining Earlswood Common at the entrance to Meadvale.

Clarence Walk was once known as Cats Walk.

St John's was near the area called Little London and the cottages were called Crockeerty well, which provided the local water supply.

The area was bombed during World War II^[2].

Local Celebrities

The painter Samuel Palmer lived in the village at the Chantry on Cronks Hill Road until his death in 1881.

References

1. ^ Census data
2. ^ People's war stories

The history of 34th Reigate (Meadvale) Scout group

External links

• Old photographs
• 34th Reigate (Meadvale) Scout Group