Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Surbiton

Surbiton, town with ry. sta., Kingston on Thames par., Surrey, on S. side of Kingston, pop. 9406; P.O., T. O., 1 Bank. Surbiton is a pleasant suburb of Kingston. On Surbiton Common took place the last struggle of the Royalists in favour of Charles I., then a prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kingston upon Thames CP/AP       Surrey AncC
Place: Surbiton

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