Gatwick Racecourse

In 1891, Gatwick Racecourse opened beside the London–Brighton railway, and a dedicated station including sidings for horse boxes.

[citation needed] An aerodrome was opened around 1930 at the southeastern edge of the property, with a circular terminal building called The Beehive added in 1936.

The Gurton family lived in the farmhouse until 1959 and farmed the area, using the land for mixed arable.

In 1957, the racecourse was chosen as the site of the second major London airport, and the stables and house were demolished around 1960.

Many of Gurton's descendants still live in the surrounding Horley, Crawley and Charlwood areas.