Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FETCHAM

FETCHAM, a parish in Epsom district, Surrey; adjacent to the river Mole and to the Epsom and Horsham railway, 1¼ mile W by S of Leatherhead. It has a post office under Leatherhead. Acres, 1, 723. Real property, £2, 948. Pop., 390. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Fetcham Park is the seat of J. P. Hankey, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £363.* Patron, Alderman Sidney. The church contains much Roman tile in its walls; has Norman and transition Norman portions; and is in good condition. Charities, £66.


(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: Fetcham Parish       Epsom Poor Law Union/Registration District       Surrey Ancient County
Place: Fetcham

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