The civil parish of Witley lies in the south west of the county of Surrey, covering an area of 11.2 square miles, nearly 7,000 acres, and in the Surrey Hills designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Introduction.

The first evidence of human occupation in our area can be traced back to about 400,000 years ago, when the great ice sheets reached as far south as the River Thames.

Chapter 1. Prehistoric times to 1066.