Battersea Parish

"BATTERSEA, a parish and populous suburb of London, chiefly in the western, partly also in the eastern division of the hundred of Brixton, in the county of Surrey, 4 miles to the S. W. of London. It is a station on the West End branch of the South Coast and Crystal Palace railways. It lies on the south bank of the Thames, which is here crossed by two bridges, connecting the village with Chelsea. The parish includes the chapelries of Battersea Newtown, Christ Church, and Penge." (There is more of this description).

"PENGE-WITH-ANERLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Battersea, E. division of the hundred of Brixton, county Surrey, 7 miles S. of St. Paul's. It has stations on the Croydon section of the Brighton and South Coast, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover lines of railway, the former at Penge Bridges, and the latter at Penge Lane. It contains King William IV.'s naval asylum for pursers' widows; also the watermen's almshouses, with St. John's chapel adjoining, erected by Round and Nash in 1850 at an outlay of £5,000; also the Anerley workhouse school for 600 children of the parish of Chelsea and other parishes-the grounds extend over 7 acres, including a farm and kitchen garden. There are many new villas in the neighbourhood. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Winchester, value £250. The church, which is a modern structure, is styled Christ Church."