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ch, "A few charming detached and semi-detached houses have already been erected on that portion of the estate nearest to old Coulsdon village, the prices ranging from £1,000 upwards.  There are, however, numerous plots of land for sale on which the building restrictions range from £500 to £1,000."

In 1923, the Hall company purchased additional land from Byron. They sold the land in 1924 to Fairdean Heights Ltd, who then built houses on the existing (and new) roads on either side of Farthing Down. Fairdene also gifted land in this area to create the "Chaldon Way Gardens".
 * Fairdene Heights Estates Ltd

page 60.
 * Coulsdon West

Building work for the estate started in 1967 and was built by theWates_Group. The original development was located in a mostly wooded area, on undulating ground. Later houses were built onto grasslands near the cliffs of the Quarry. Byron Primary School was built in 1968 to accommodate the growing population created by the development of the estate.
 * Coulsdon Woods(or Wates) estate.

This area was first mentioned in 1203 when it belonged to Chertsey Abbey. A house was built in 1749. It was the southermost house in the Coulsdon area. Later, much of the grounds was taken up for railway building. In the 20th it became the Ashdown Park Hotel; and closed in 1971. It was bought by the Department of Transport, neglected and demolished in 1971. .
 * Hooley House, Ashdown Park Hotel

The estate started to be built in the early 1930's, but was not completed until after the war. The existing estate on the south side of Farthing Downs was extended past Hooley House and connected with this new "the Dutch village" or 'Netherlands estate'.
 * Coulsdon Vale estate

Before 1882, the hill had a small farm. Between 1882 and 2010, it held the building and grounds of Cane Hill Hospital. A development by Barratt Developments may start in 2014. It may create over 600 new dwellings. In 2013, Barratt published a Public Consultation document and report of feedback. Residents' protests and concerns relate to the likely affect of local infrastructure, including access routes, the proposed mix of housing, transport and the provision of educational services.
 * Cane Hill

'The Mount' or 'Clockhouse' neighbourhood is on a hill with borders along three residential roads from Coulsdon. The estate was built on land that had been part of Clockhouse Farm. This land was auctioned in 1924. The original parts, including a small parade of shops, were mainly built between 1934 and 1939. During the war, the area lay under the flight path of German bombers and V1 rockets. Anti-aircraft batteries was installed in several places. After the war, most of the remaining developers’ land was purchased by the Carshalton Urban District Council. In the 1950's and 1960’s further council development took place when the many blocks of flats and a further parade of shops were built. Hillcrest Halls were built by public subscription on land leased from the Urban District Council.
 * Clockhouse estate

This estate was built by the Council in 1919 for ex-service men. They used a compulsory purchase order to buy the land by Byron. . The estate contained a single access road, a large central green and houses on each side.
 * Stoats Nest Village

Economy
In the first two decades of the second millennium, Coulsdon's retail area lost Woolworth's and the bookstore on Brighton Road and opened The Pembroke and Caffé Nero. Waitrose has a longstanding branch in the centre, and Tesco Express opened in the period mentioned. A planned Sainsbury's with apartments above has been singled out for note by periodical New London Architecture.

Coulsdon has few large company head offices but substantial storage and technology premises. One notable head office is that of Jane's Information Group.

The Bijou Cinema (Malcolm Road) was built 1913 as the Palladium. It had other owners and names; the Bohemia and the Plaza. In 1923 it reopened and had more owners to close in 1932. It never had any equipment for sound.

Most commerce and industry is here, set beside the Brighton Road, which is since 2006 a town centre arc of the A23 road and on Chipstead Valley Road which terminates half way along the arc, leading directly to Woodmansterne. The various local feeder roads reach this street, including the combined one from the south-east, Marlpit Lane, under the A23 without needing a junction with that trunk (long-distance) route (which later becomes the M23).
 * Smitham Bottom or Valley

Red Lion on a map since 1680 Brighton Road widening and pubping station built in 1936.

London's 'Brighton Road', locally the official name, and the railway, served by semi-fast services rather than stopping services, give Smitham Bottom/Valley a bustling, busier setting for economic life.

The Red Lion was a public house and coach inn. In 1823 there is little evidence of development beyond this pub.

fork of a major route leading from Redhill and Horley to the south, to Wallington, Merton and Wandsworth to the north-west, and Purley, Croydon and Streatham to the north-east.