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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claygate like this:
CLAYGATE, or Cleygate, a manor-chapelry in. Thames-Ditton parish, Surrey; 2¾ miles SE of Esher r. . station, and 4¾ SSW of Kingston. It has a post office under Esher. Real property, £4, 197. Pop., 535. Houses, 99. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £75.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern.
Claygate is now part of ELMBRIDGE District. Click here for graphs and data of how ELMBRIDGE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Claygate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Claygate, in Elmbridge and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20878
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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