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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BATTERSEA	Surrey	Croydon, Surrey. The main body of it, or Battersea-proper, is a subdistrict of Wandsworth, suburban to London, on the river Thames and on the West-End and Southwestern railway, opposite Chelsea; and the rest, consisting of Penge hamlet, lies in Croydon district, detached from the main body, 8 miles distant. Acres of the main body, 2,177 of land and 166 of water; of the entire parish, 3,183. Real property, £158,897. Pop. of the main body in 1841, 6,616; in 1861, 19,600. Houses, 3,125. Pop. of the entire parish	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	Croydon, Cudham, Dartford, Erith, Hayes, Horton-Kirby, Orpington, Sutton-at-Home, West-Wickham, and Wilmington; and the p. curacies of Bexley-Heath, Bromley, Trinity-Bromley, Sidcup, St. Mary-Cray, Crocken-Hill, Southend-Croyden, Broadgreen-Croyden, Croyden-Common, Norwood-Croyden, South	Imperial
  CATERHAM	Surrey	South-eastern railway, 7 miles S by E of Croydon; and has a r. station with telegraph, and a post	Imperial
  CROHAM	Surrey	south-eastern vicinity of Croydon. The woods around it are notable for the lily of the valley and for nightingales	Imperial
  Croydon	Surrey	Croydon , parl. and mun. bor., market town, and par., Surrey -- par. and bor., 9001 ac., pop. 78,953; 3 Banks, 12 newspapers. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday . C. is 10 miles S. of London Bridge, but forms practically a S. suburb of the metropolis, and contains numerous handsome villas of London merchants. It has 6 stations -- Addiscombe Road, Central, East, New, South	Bartholomew
  GUILDFORD	Surrey	GUILDFORD , a town, three parishes, a sub-district, and a district in Surrey. The town stands on the river Wey	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	Croydon running thence to the Brighton and the Southeastern, the Thames-Junction curving from the docks to the Croydon, the Bricklayers' Arms-Extension going west-north-westward from the Greenwich and the Croydon, the Southwestern running through all Lambeth, the Blackwall running westward on the N side of the Thames to the Minories, the Eastern Counties running westward to Bishopsgate, the North London sweeping through the entire range of the N suburbs, the Great Northern running southward to King's-cross, and the Northwestern running south	Imperial
  LONDON AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY	London	Croydon, the Wimbledon and Epsom, the Salisbury market-branch line, the Stokes Bay, the Staines and Wokingham, the Exeter and Crediton, the Lymington, the Epsom and Leatherhead, the Wimbledon and Dorking, the Portsmouth, the Andover and Redbridge, the Petersfield, the Chard, the Southampton and Netley, the Ilfracombe, and the Mid-Hants, and, jointly with the London, Brighton, and South	Imperial
  LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY	London	Croydon to BalhamHill; in 1862, to construct lines of 5½ miles in Surrey and Sussex, including a junction at Brixton with the Chatham and Dover, to enlarge the stations at London bridge and Bricklayers' Arms, and to own and work steam-vessels; in 1863, to construct a line of 5 miles from Dorking to Leatherhead, lines of 4½ miles in Camberwell and Lambeth, a new line of 2½ miles at Croydon, and lines of 14¼ miles in connexion with the South	Imperial
  Norwood	Surrey	Croydon, and Lambeth pars., Surrey, pop. 24,797; consists of the 4 eccl. dists. of Norwood, Lower Norwood, South Norwood	Bartholomew
  NORWOOD	Surrey	south-south-eastward, to the vicinity of Croydon. It is divided into Lower Norwood in the N, Upper Norwood in the middle	Imperial
  NORWOOD-JUNCTION	Surrey	Croydon railway, near South Norwood village and near the boundary with Kent, 2¼ miles N N E of Croydon	Imperial
  Norwood, South	Surrey	Norwood, South , eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Norwood Junction), Croydon par., Surrey, pop. 8188. See NORWOOD.	Bartholomew
  NORWOOD-ST. MARK	Surrey	Croydon parish, Surrey; around South Norwood village and Norwood-Junction r. station, 2¼ miles N N E of Croydon	Imperial
  PECKHAM	Surrey	South London railway, near the Croydon and the Metropolitan Extension railways, 3 miles S S E of St. Paul's; has two stations	Imperial
  South Beddington	Surrey	South Beddington , vil., Beddington par., Surrey, 2½ miles SW. of Croydon; P.O.	Bartholomew
  South Norwood	Surrey	South Norwood , eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Norwood Junction), Croydon par., Surrey, pop. 8188.	Bartholomew
  Surrey	Surrey	Croydon (1 member), the par], bors. of Battersea and Clapham (2 members), Camberwell (3 members), Lambeth (4 members), Newington (2 members), Southwark (3 members), and Wandsworth (1 member) - all the parl. bors. being metropolitan except Croydon - and the mun. bors. of Godalming, Guildford, Kingston upon Thames, and Reigate. The co. is in the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, and Winchester. For parl. purposes it is divided into 6 divisions - viz., North-Western or Chertsey, South	Bartholomew
  SURREY	Surrey	Croydon and Epsom. The rest of the surface is much diversified with undulations, knolls, and hills; and exhibits much pleasing natural scenery, adorned with culture. The chief streams, besides the Thames, are the Wey, the Mole, and the Wandle. Mineral springs are at Epsom, Cobham, Seatham, Kingston, Dulwich, Godstone, Stoke, and Dorking. Lower chalk rocks, chiefly Weald clay, occupy all the S; upper chalk rocks form a belt along the course of the central line of downs; and lower and middle eocene rocks, with large preponderance of London clay, occupy all the rest of the area. Ragstone, manurial chalk, fire	Imperial
  SUTTON	Surrey	Croydon; consists chiefly of one street; is the head polling place for Mid-Surrey; and has a post-office‡ under London S, a r. station with telegraph, and two hotels.—The parish includes Ben-hilton group of new villas at Been Hill, numerous other new villas and cottages, and the South	Imperial

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