A British (
Celtic) gold coin has been found in Horne, but is more probably a mark of transit than of settlement. Otherwise there are no prehistoric remains, such as are usually found in other
Wealden parishes. Horne must have owed such importance as it had later to the
iron industry. The parish lay within the
Anglo-Saxon Tandridge hundred, where the wealthy and powerful would meet periodically at a level below that of the
shire to decide on strategic matters, and later for settling disputes in the
Hundred Court. The earliest reference to Horne by name was in the 12th century. Horne had a
chapelry and
manor but did not become a parish until a
private act of Parliament, the ''''
(3 & 4 Ann. c. 28'' ), was passed in 1705, being split from the southernmost part of
Bletchingley (parish). Mr. Stileman, who was instituted parson in 1728, bought a house near the church. This was afterwards bought by the parish for a workhouse, and continued in use until the
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. Horne
Common was
inclosed by the ''''
(50 Geo. 3. c. 13'' ) and an order made on 14 April 1813.
Jesus College, Cambridge parted with Horne Court Manor in 1891 to allow a parsonage house to be built instead. In 1953 parish boundaries were changed with the southern part of Horne gaining its own civil parish council,
Felbridge, whilst to compensate for this parts of
Godstone and
Tandridge were added. Although the county council electoral division is named
Lingfield, known for its
horse-racing course, that neighbouring parish has no historic connection to Horne, nor with the others within the division. ==Landmarks==