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HORSELL

"HORSELL, (or Horshill), a parish in the first division of the hundred of Godley, county Surrey, 6 miles S. of Chertsey, 7 N. of Guildford, and 1 mile from the Woking station on the South-Western railway. Ripley is its post town. The village, which is small, is situated on the Basingstoke canal. Here are nursery grounds, famed for the growth of American plants. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester, value £83. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, has an embattled tower containing six bells. The church contains numerous brasses, and two monuments to James Fenn, Esq., and Sir John William Rose. The register dates from 1656. There is a National school for both sexes. Fairs are held at Knaphill on the Saturday in Whitsuntide week, and on the 10th November.

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

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