Cuddington Parish

"CUDDINGTON, a parish in the second division of the hundred of Copthorne, in the county of Surrey, 1 mile N.E. of Ewell, its post town, and 13 miles from London by road, or 17¼ by the Epsom and Leatherhead branch of the Brighten and South Coast railway, which has a station at Ewell, as also has the London and South-Western line. The village is small, but several new villas have recently been built.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. The church, which was dedicated to St. Mary, has long been in ruins. In the vicinity is Nonsuch Park, where formerly stood the favourite palace of Queen Elizabeth and the Stuarts. E. R. Northey, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"NONSUCH PARK, a seat in the parish of Cuddington in the first division of the hundred of Copthorpe, county Surrey, 2 miles N.E. of Epsom. It is built on the site of a palace erected by Henry VIII., and pulled down by Lady Castlemaine, to whom it was presented, with the title of baroness, by Charles II."