Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COULSDON, or Cullesden

COULSDON, or Cullesden, a parish in Croydon district, Surrey; between the Brighton and Caterham railway, 2½ miles SSW of Caterham-Junction r. station, and 5 S by W of Croydon. Post town, Caterham, under Red Hill. Acres, 4, 403. Real property, £4, 451 . Pop., 993. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £636.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has a curious monument of 1635; and is good. An hospital for incurables, spacious, cheerful, and even elegant, was erected at Coulsdon in 1863.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Coulsdon AP/CP       Croydon RegD/PLU       Surrey AncC
Place names: COULSDON     |     COULSDON OR CULLESDEN     |     CULLESDEN
Place: Coulsdon

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