Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHIDDINGFOLD

CHIDDINGFOLD, a parish in Hambledon district, Surrey; in the Weald, 2 miles SE of Witley r. station, and 4¼ NE of Haslemere. It has a post office under Godalming. Acres, , 936. Real property, £, 506. Pop., 167. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few. Glass was manufactured here, in eleven houses, in the time of Elizabeth. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Haslemere, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £512.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is chiefly early English, and good. There are a national school, and charities £25.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chiddingfold CP/AP       Hambledon RegD/PLU       Surrey AncC
Place: Chiddingfold

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