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RANMER, or Ranmore, a chapelry in Great Bookham, Little Bookham, Dorking, Mickleham, and Effingham parishes, Surrey; averagely 2 miles N W of Dorking r. station. It was constituted in 1860; and it has a post-office, of the name of Ranmer-Common, under Dorking. Pop., 275. Houses, 50. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £150.* Patron, G. Cubitt, Esq. The church was built in 1860; is cruciform and handsome; has a tower, with lofty spire; and forms a conspicuous object for many miles around.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Effingham CP/AP Surrey AncC |
Place names: | RANMER | RANMER COMMON | RANMER OR RANMORE | RANMORE |
Place: | Ranmore |
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