In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chiddingfold like this:
CHIDDINGFOLD, a parish in Hambledon district, Surrey; in the Weald, 2 miles SE of Witley r. station, and 4¼ NE of Haslemere. It has a post office under Godalming. Acres, , 936. Real property, £, 506. Pop., 167. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few. Glass was manufactured here, in eleven houses, in the time of Elizabeth. ...
The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Haslemere, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £512.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is chiefly early English, and good. There are a national school, and charities £25.
Chiddingfold through time
Chiddingfold is now part of Waverley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Waverley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chiddingfold itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chiddingfold, in Waverley and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6068
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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