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ELSTEAD

"ELSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of Farnham, county Surrey, 4 miles W. of Godalming, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Farnham. The river Wey passes in the vicinity. Worsted is manufactured here.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester, value £78. The Independents have a chapel, and there are National and British schools for boys and girls."

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

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