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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SANDERSTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Croydon district, Surrey; 1¾ mile E by N of Caterham Junction r. station, and 3 S S E of Croydon. It has apillar-box under Croydon. Acres, 2, 245. Real property, £2, 483. Pop., 206. Houses, 41. S. Court is the seat of A. D. Wigsell, Esq. Purley House wasoccupied by Horne Tooke, when he wrote his " Diversions of Purley; " and is now the residence of J. H. Smith, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £500.* Patron, A. D. Wigsell, Esq. The church was recently restored, and has a spire. There are a parochial school, and charities £11.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sanderstead CP/AP Croydon RegD/PLU Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Sanderstead |
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