<P> In 1840 Caterham contained a total of 477 residents (figures taken from that census, compiled in an 1848 topographical encyclopedia) and in 1848 468 acres (189 ha) of its 2,386 acres (966 ha) were common land . Similar to today, 175 acres (71 ha) mostly steeper acres were woodland . </P> <P> The more modern locality of Caterham Valley in a wide dry valley opening to the north (to Warlingham) and along its slopes is a product of the Victorian age and the coming of the Caterham railway line in 1856, which is still a terminus . </P> <P> Victorian expansion of the town required the building of a much larger parish church, leading to the Church of St Mary the Virgin's building in 1866, directly across the road from St Lawrence's . As it also grew Caterham Valley gained its own Anglican church, to St. John the Evangelist, which was consecrated in 1882 . </P> <P> From 1877 Caterham Barracks on the hill was a depot for the footguards regiments . The barracks were closed in 1995 and the site was redeveloped for housing . </P>

Caterham on the hill height above sea level