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WESTCOTT, a chapelry in Dorking parish, Surrey; 1¾ mile W by S of Dorking r. station. It was constituted in 1852; and it has a post-office under Dorking. Pop., 1,060. Houses, 219. The manor belongs to W. J. Evelyn, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £155.* Patron, A. K. Barclay, Esq. The church was built in 1852. There are a Calvinistic chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Dorking AP/CP Surrey AncC |
Place: | Westcott |
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