Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHALDON

CHALDON, a parish in Reigate district, Surrey; near the Brighton and the Caterham railways, 2 miles NE by N of Merstham r. station, and 5 NE of Reigate. Post Town, Merstham, under Red Hill. Acres, 1,622. Real property, £1,253. Pop., 169. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £255.* Patron, the Rev. H. Shepherd. The church is partly early English, and has a spire.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chaldon AP/CP       Reigate RegD/PLU       Surrey AncC
Place: Chaldon

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