Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORPE

THORPE, a parish, with a village, in the district of Windsor and county of Surrey; 1¾ mile NW of Chertsey r. station. It has a post-office under Chertsey. Acres, 1,495. Real property, £3,901. Pop., 552. Houses, 110. The property is subdivided. T. Lee, T. House, T. Place, and Eastly End, are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £180.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of the 14th century. There are a national school, and charities £10.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thorpe Parish       Surrey Ancient County
Place: Thorpe

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