Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LITTLETON

LITTLETON, a parish in Staines district, Middlesex; near the river Thames, at the boundary with Surrey, opposite Chertsey, and 3 miles SE of Staines r. station. It has a post office under Chertsey. Acres, 1,060. Real property, £1,630. Pop., 111. Houses, 20. Nearly all the property, with Littleton House, belongs to General Wood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London. Value, £320.* Patron, General Wood. The church is early English, and contains a brass of 1553 and some monuments.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Littleton Parish       Staines Poor Law Union/Registration District       Middlesex Ancient County
Place: Littleton

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