Durfold Wood
Durfold Wood is a small residential and was built on land formerly belonging to the Brake Estate and came into being in the 1930’s. At that time, land was available as front plots of 1/3 rd acre and 1 acre for back plots. These plots were sold then for between £200 and £300 and the buildings were used as holiday or weekend homes.
Ifold
Ifold is now the largest of the four settlements. Ifold as it is today, began in the same way as Durfold Wood where plots of land were sold originally to people who used them as holiday or weekend homes. The story of Ifold House and Estate is documented and can be read about in ‘Ifold, Loxwood and Plaistow – Forgotten Border Villages’ by C.H. Bayley.
Plaistow
Plaistow is a quintessentially English village. There is a Village Green, a pond a pub and a Church all in the centre of the village. There are over thirty graded (previously known as listed) buildings in the village. The Sun Inn was purchased by the Pullen family in 1807, the present-day Plaistow Church was dedicated in 1869 and Plaistow School was built in the same year.
Shillinglee
Shillinglee is a small residential area right on the Surrey border. It was the home of the late Earl and Lady Winterton and was originally a Manor of the Arundel Estate, which belonged to the Norfolk Family. Shillinglee House was originally built in 1785 and during the Second World War it was occupied by Canadian forces.