Chaldon

Coordinates: 51°17′10″N 0°07′30″W / 51.286°N 0.1249°W / 51.286; -0.1249

Chaldon
Chaldon  Chaldon shown within Surrey
Population	1,821 [1]
OS grid reference	TQ308557
District	Tandridge
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CATERHAM
Postcode district	CR3
Dialling code	01883
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	East Surrey
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Chaldon is a village in Surrey, England on the North Downs to the west of Caterham. It falls within the boundaries of Tandridge district.

The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Wallington hundred.

Chaldon is often nicknamed "Little Switzerland" because of the heavy snowfall that affects the village each Winter.

The church of SS. Peter and Paul (11th century) contains a large wall painting of around 1170 depicting images of salvation and damnation, whose full title is "The Ladder of the Salvation of the Human Soul and the Road to Heaven". It is considered one of the most important in England.

References

1. ^ Census data

External links

• Chaldon Parish Council
• Chaldon
• History of Chaldon Village

Church

• History of Chaldon Church
• Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Lane, Chaldon
• Chaldon Church mural
• The Purgatorial Ladder, or Ladder of Souls, with the Seven Deadly Sins: Chaldon, Surrey c.1200
• Page with a picture of part of the mural.
• High resolution picture of the whole mural.
• Two black and white pictures of the whole thing.