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CAPEL, a parish and a subdistrict in Dorking district, Surrey. The parish lies 5 miles NW by N of Faygate r. station, and 6 S of Dorking; and has a post office under Dorking. Acres, 5,522. Real property, £4,566. Pop., 1,074. Houses, 201. The property is divided among a few. Part of the surface is moorish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester-Value, £84.* Patron, Charles Webb, Esq. The church is good. The vicarage of Cold Harbour is a separate benefice. There are a Quakers' meeting house, a national school, and charities £15.-The subdistrict contains five parishes. Pop., 4,094.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Capel Parish Capel Registration Sub-District Dorking Poor Law Union/Registration District Surrey Ancient County |
| Place: | Capel |
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