A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
OTTERSHAW, a village and a chapelry in Chertsey parish, Surrey. The village stands 2½ miles S W by W of Chertsey r. station, and has a post-office under Chertsey. The chapelry was constituted in 1864. Pop., 594. Ottershaw Park is the seat of R. Crawshay, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £149.* Patron, Sir E. Colebrooke, Bart. The church was built in 1864, at a cost of £4,000, defrayed by Sir E. Colebrooke, Bart.; is in the early English style, of brick with stone facings; and consists of a four-bay nave and an apsidal chancel, with a spire 60 feethigh.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chertsey AP/CP Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Ottershaw |
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