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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gomshall like this:
GOMSHALL, a hamlet in Shere parish, Surrey; adjacent to the Reigate and Guildford railway, 5 m. W by S of Dorking. It has a station on the railway, with telegraph, a brewery, a tannery, and an Independent chapel.
Gomshall is now part of MOLE VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how MOLE VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gomshall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gomshall, in Mole Valley and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24215
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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