An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Horley

 

HORLEY

"HORLEY, a parish in the first division of the hundred of Reigate, county Surrey, 5 miles N. of Crawley, its post town, 4¾ S. of Reigate, and 15¼ from Croydon. It is a station on the London, Brighton, and South Coast railway. The village is situated on the river Mole, and the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture.

The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £325, in the patronage of Christ's Hospital, London. The parish church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is an ancient structure, with a spired tower containing eight bells. The church contains several brasses, effigies of a knight, &c. In the churchyard are several old yew-trees. There is also a district church, dedicated to Emanuel, at Sidlow Bridge, consecrated in 1861, with accommodation for 200 persons. The parochial charities produce about £25 per annum. The Baptists have a place of worship hero. There are National schools for both sexes."

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