An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Long Ditton

 

LONG DITTON

"LONG DITTON, a parish in the hundred of Kingston, in county of Surrey, 2 miles S.W. of Kingston-upon-Thames, its post town. It includes the hamlet of Talworth. The South-Western railway passes near the village, and the Lambeth water-works are situated partly in this parish.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £474, in the patronage of New College, Oxford. The church is a modern brick structure, dedicated to St. Mary. The Earl of Lovelace is lord of the manor.

"TALWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Long Ditton, second division of the hundred of Kingston, county Surrey, 1 mile E. of Thames Ditton, and 2 S.E. miles of Kingston

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