Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COOMBE

COOMBE, a chapelry in Kingston parish, Surrey; on the Southwestern railway, 2½ miles E of Kingston. It was constituted in 1866; it includes New Malden; and it has a r. station. Pop., 1, 200. Coombe House was the residence of the prime minister, Lord Liverpool; where he entertained the Prince Regent, the King of Prussia, and Emperor of Russia. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Winchester. Value, £170. Patrons, Trustees.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kingston upon Thames CP/AP       Surrey AncC
Place: Coombe

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