In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gipsy Hill like this:
GIPSY HILL, a chapelry in Lambeth parish, Surrey; on the Croydon railway, 2 miles S of Dulwich. It has a postal pillar-box under Norwood, London S, and a r. station. Pop., about 1, 500. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £1, 000. The church is an elegant structure of 1867.
The location is that of Gipsy Hill station.
Gipsy Hill through time
Gipsy Hill is now part of Lambeth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lambeth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gipsy Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gipsy Hill, in Lambeth and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23546
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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