Carshalton

"CARSHALTON, (or Casehorton), a parish in the second division of the hundred of Wallington, in the county of Surrey, 3 miles W. of Croydon, and 10 S. of London. It is a post town, and a station on the Epsom and Leatherhead branch of the London, Brighton, and South Coast railway. The parish is situated in a pleasant country on the northern border of Banstead Downs, famous as the scene of the Epsom races, and on the banks of the river Wandle."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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The transcription of the section for Carshalton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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