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HAMBLEDON

"HAMBLEDON, a parish in the first division of the hundred of Godalming, county Surrey, 3 miles S. of Godalming, and 1½ mile from the Witley railway station on the London and Portsmouth line. The village is situated near Hambledon Heath, and contains the House of Industry for the Hambledon Poor-law Union, which comprises sixteen parishes. It is the seat of a superintendent registry, but is included within the Godalming new County Court district.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £207. The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St. Peter, and has been thoroughly restored. There is a parochial school. The Hambledon hounds are kennelled at Firhill."

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

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