Thank You for Supporting the Replacement of Limpsfield’s Stolen Horse Trough

On May 9, 2025December 18, 2025 By limpsfieldpcIn Heritage, News

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who generously contributed to our GoFundMe campaign to replace the stolen horse trough.

As announced at our annual parish meeting last night, the campaign has now officially closed. Thanks to the support of our community, a substantial donation from the Drinking Fountain Association, and confirmation from our insurers, we have successfully raised the funds needed to commission a faithful replica—complete with all original engravings—and to install it with enhanced security measures.
We are immensely grateful to our local residents for their kindness and solidarity, and to the BBC for helping to spread the word.

Sadly, heritage items like our horse trough are often stolen to order, and Limpsfield is not alone in experiencing such a loss. The trough held great historical and sentimental value, and it is deeply frustrating to think it may now sit, unrecognised and unappreciated, in someone’s private garden far from its rightful place.

If anyone has information about the original trough’s whereabouts, we would still love to recover it. But for now, we must assume it is lost. We hope the new replica, planned for installation this summer, will help restore some of what was taken—both physically from our village and emotionally from our hearts.

Thank you once again for your incredible support.

The Five Pubs of Limpsfield

On June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 By thewordbirdIn Heritage, Local information, The Limpsfield Way

There were originally five pubs in Limpsfield but only one now remains. That is The Bull Inn halfway down the high street on the east side. The Bull was built in the 17^th century with 19^th century additions. It is timber framed and tile hung. Until the 18^th Century, it was called “The Chequers”.

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Nominate your favourite Limpsfield assets

On October 5, 2021 By thewordbirdIn Heritage, Limpsfield Parish Council, News

Have you got a favourite building or structure in Limpsfield that is not already listed or protected?

A new project is underway to identify assets across Surrey that are valued by the community and play a key role in reinforcing a sense of local character and distinctiveness.

Over the next year, Surrey County Council will be producing an updated local heritage asset list for the district.

Limpsfield Parish Council’s Planning Committee will also be reviewing local buildings and structures to identify those we think should be on the list.

Assets on local heritage lists, also known as local listing, are not protected in the same way as listed buildings, but can be afforded protection through the planning system as ‘non-designated heritage assets’.

What can be on the list?

building
monument
site
place
area
landscape

…in fact pretty much anything that has heritage significance, but is not recognised by another planning designation (e.g. listed building or in a conservation area).

They should give an insight into the history of communities and places and provides us with a physical link to our past.

How to nominate

The nomination process opens on 5 October and closes at 5pm on 16 November. You can nominate using the online form – click on the link below.

NOMINATE HERE

To find out more, including the criteria being used and how to submit a nomination, please visit Surrey County Council’s Local heritage list project.

To find out the selection criteria, please click HERE or download the document below.

Local-Heritage-List-Project-selection-criteria-final-Sept21 Download

To see buildings that are either on the current Buildings of Character (2013) list or are Listed Buildings, please see the documents for download below.

Listed-Buildings-in-Limpsfield Download

Buildings-of-Character-2013 Download