A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COBHAM, a village and a parish in Epsom district, Surrey. The village stands on the river Mole, adjacent to Stane-street, 3¼ miles SE of Weybridge r. station, and 6½ W of Epsom; and has a head post office, ‡ and a fair on 11 Dec. The parish comprises 5, 228 acres. Real property, £10, 294. Pop., 1, 998. Houses, 379. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Chertsey-abbey passed to the Page family; and belongs now to the Rev. F. J. Mount. Cobham Park mansion was built by J. Bridges, Esq., about 1725, on the plan of an Italian villa; passed to the Earl of Ligonier; and is now the seat ofCoombe, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £150.* Patron, Charles coombe, Esq. The church is chiefly later English, but has a Norman door and a Norman tower. The p. curacy of Hatchford is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel of 1862, parochial schools, and charities £41.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cobham CP/AP Epsom RegD/PLU Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Cobham |
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