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CHELSHAM, a parish in Godstone district, Surrey; on the verge of the county, 2½ miles E of Warlingham r. station, and 6¼ SE of Croydon. Post town, Warlingham, under Croydon. Acres, 3, 314. Real property, £2, 181. Pop., 401. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. An ancient oblong camp is on Battlehill. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Warlingham, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is early English, and has an ancient font.
(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: | Chelsham Ch/CP Godstone RegD/PLU Surrey AncC |
Place: | Chelsham |
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