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Just to add to my last post ... my dad tells me he remembers that the old house "now under the car park" was owned by the "Welch" family? These were the people that he says owned the house probably post WW2. They employed my family who worked/lived on the Charlwood Park Farm until it was demolished for the expansion of the airport. Going on what was said before about the size of the estate, the Welch family had two farm sites I think. The one my family worked at off the Charlwood/Horley Road and another some distance away off of the Lowfield Heath road. I think the Lowfield Heath site was taken even earlier for the airport expansion. Sadly I think that all the history my family has in this area is post WW2, and may be too late to help on this post. If you think I can help let me know, I'll ask any questions to my dad. I'm sure he'll remember because the family live/lived around Charlwood, Horsham, Horley, Capel for many years ...