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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BOOKHAM (Great), a village and a parish in Epsom district, Surrey. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Leatherhead r. station, and 4 NW of Dorking; has a post office under Leatherhead; and formerly had a fair. The parish comprises 3,249 acres. Real property, £6,615. Pop., 1,106. Houses, 211. The property is much subdivided. Bookham Grove is the seat of the Dawnays; Eastwick House was formerly the seat of the Howards; and Polesden, now the property of Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart., belonged to Sheridan. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £340.* Patron, Viscount Downe. The church has a monument to Sheriff Slyfield, of the time of Queen Elizabeth; and is good. Charities, £55. The rectory of Ranmore is a separate benefice.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Great Bookham AP/CP Epsom RegD/PLU Surrey AncC |
| Place names: | BOOKHAM | BOOKHAM GREAT | GREAT BOOKHAM |
| Place: | Great Bookham |
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