In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Send like this:
SEND, a village and a parish in Guild ford district, Surrey. The village stands on the river Wey, 3 miles S by E of Woking r. station, and 3½ N N E of Guild ford; and has a post-office under Woking Station. The parish includes the chapelry of Ripley, and comprises 5, 162 acres. Real property, £8, 603. Pop. in 1851, 1, 555; in 1861, 1, 743. Houses, 339. The property is much sub-divided. The manors belong to Earl Onslow. S. Grovebelongs to Sir T. F. E. Drake, Bart.; S. Holme, to W. ...
Hargreaves, Esq.; Sendhurst Grange, to the Hon. F. Scott; Woodhill, to H. Wood, Esq. Newark priory stoodat Aldebury; was founded in the time of Richard I.; and is now represented only by part of its church. The living is a vicarage, united with Ripley, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £260.* Patron, Earl Onslow. The church is later English and good. There are a national school, and charities £6.
Send through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Send has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Guildford. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Send and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Send, in Guildford and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5333
Date accessed: 19th June 2013
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