In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Botleys like this:
BOTLEYS and LYNE, a chapelry in Chertsey parish, Surrey; near the Chertsey branch of the Southwestern railway, 2 miles SW of Chertsey. Post Town, Chertsey. Rated property, £6,211. Pop., 494. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. Botleys Park is the seat of R. Gosling, Esq., and has richly-wooded grounds. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is good.
Botleys through time
Botleys is now part of Runnymede district. Click here for graphs and data of how Runnymede has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Botleys itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Botleys, in Runnymede and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23729
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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