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EFFINGHAM

"EFFINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of Effingham, county Surrey, 3½ miles S.W. of Leatherhead, its post town and nearest railway station, and 4 N.W. of Dorking. The parish includes a great variety of soils: in the N. part clay, in the middle gravel, and the S. chalk. The village was anciently much more considerable than at present.

The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £226, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is an ancient structure, partly of flint and partly brick, with a handsome E. window. It is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The register commences in 1565. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school. H. 51. Parratt and M. Stringer, Esqs., are lords of the manor. The Howards of Grange take the title of earl from this place. Effingham Hall is the principal residence."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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