Tatsfield sits high on the North Downs on the eastern tip of the District. At 240m above sea level it is one of the highest points in Surrey. Tatsfield lies close to the Pilgrims Way, and along its western boundary runs the route of the old London to Lewes Road built by the Romans.
This strategic location may explain its development into the manor referred to in the Domesday survey as 'Tatelefelle' , given by William I to his half brother, the bishop of Bayeux. The original settlement was around the church, which now stands alone to the south of the village centre.
Much of Tatsfield, as it is now, was built in the 1950s, but there is still evidence of its popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a place for weekend cottages and visitors from London.
Many plots were bought in anticipation of a new railway being built, but in the event the railway never came and in some cases the plots were never built on. Tatsfield is now a thriving community with a population of almost 2000, a village shop, a pub and a village pond with resident ducks.
