An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Ewhurst

 

EWHURST

"EWHURST, a parish in the second division of the hundred of Blackheath, county Surrey, 7 miles S.W. of Dorking, and 12 S.E. of Guildford, its post town. The nearest railway station is Gomshall, on the South-Eastern line, about 6 miles N. of the village. The parish is of small extent, but well wooded. The surface rises gradually towards the S. The soil is a mixture of chalk and loam.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £462, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. There is a National school for both sexes. In the neighbourhood are remains of a Roman camp, and on the summit of a hill, from which is an extensive view over the adjoining counties, are several tumuli."

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