In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charlwood like this:
CHARLWOOD, a parish in Reigate district, Surrey; on an affluent of the river Mole, 3½ miles SW by W of Horley r. station, and 6½ S by W of Reigate. It has a post office under Crawley. Acres, 7,000. Real property, £6,668. Pop., 1,542. Houses, 268. The property is subdivided. Charlwood Park and Charlwood Place are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £550.* Patron, H.Wise, Esq. The church is partly Norman, and was repaired in 1859. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school, and charities £28.
Charlwood through time
Charlwood 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 Charlwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charlwood, in Mole Valley and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5279
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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