An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Chertsey

 

CHERTSEY

"CHERTSEY, a parish and market town in the second division of the hundred of Godley, in the county of Surrey, 21¾ miles by the South-Western railway from London. It is situated on the banks of the Thames, and was a place of considerable importance in the early Saxon times, being a seat of the South Saxon kings. It is called by Bede Ceortesei, or Ceroti insula, which would seem to imply that it was at this period surrounded by the Thames, and must since have undergone a considerable geological change, as at present it has no appearance of having been an island." (There is more of this description).

"ADDLESTONE, a village in the parish of Chertsey, and hundred of Godley, in the county of Surrey, 1 mile S.E. of Chertsey. It is seated near the river Thames, and is a station on the South Western railway.

The living is a curacy in the diocese of Winchester, value £160, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Paul, and was endowed by Miss Winifred Wightwick, of Sandgate. Near this village is the celebrated hill of St. Anne, commanding views of the valley of the Thames as far as Richmond, and the former residence of the late Charles James Fox."

"BOTLEYS, a village in the parish of Chertsey, second division of the hundred of Godley, in the county of Surrey, 2 miles to the S.W. of Chertsey.

The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Winchester, value £100, in the patronage of the bishop. The principal seat is Botleys Park."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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