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An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Puttenham

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

 

PUTTENHAM

"PUTTENHAM, a parish in the first division of the hundred of Godalming, county Surrey, 4 miles W. of Guildford, its post town and nearest railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated under the Hog's Back hills, and is chiefly agricultural. The land is partly in common, but the greater part is arable. On the hills the soil is chiefly chalk, but in other places sand or a sandy loam.

The living is a rectory's in the diocese of Winchester, value £279. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five bells. The tower, which formerly had a spire, was burnt down in 1736. The church has been recently restored, at an outlay of £1,400. It contains several ancient brasses and monuments to the Sumner and Cornish families, of which latter was Admiral Cornish. The parochial charities produce about £10 per annum. There is a National school. The Priory House is situated in well-wooded grounds, from which there is a fine prospect."

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