The dryest village in Surrey

Stopped for a bite of lunch in Sanderstead after visiting the house development (see extra). Sanderstead was originally a farming community and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sandestede, This pond in front of the church used to be used by drovers for their cattle and sheep but now is only used by ducks.
 
Unlike nearby Warlingham, there are no pubs in Sanderstead. In the 16C the Lords of the Manor (the Atwoods) and the Rector of the parish were against drinking alcohol.  The British Library holds a letter from the rector writing to both the parishes of Sanderstead and Warlingham calling the latter "sinners" as they visited the pubs. The Atwoods and the Rector put a covenant in place preventing the establishment of public drinking houses in Sanderstead which that still stands. Warlingham must have resisted because it has 6 pubs. 
 
Sanderstead remains Surrey's dryest village