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BALHAM, a hamlet and a chapelry in Streatham parish, Surrey. The hamlet adjoins the West London and Crystal Palace railway, 4 miles WNW of the Crystal Palace; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Clapham, London S. A bill was introduced in 1861 for a railway to connect the West London and Crystal Palace railway at or near Balham with the Windsor line of the Southwestern at Putney. The chapelry bears the name of Balham-Hill. Pop., 1,786. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rector of Streatham.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Streatham Parish Surrey Ancient County |
| Place: | Balham |
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