Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes

Parish History
STOKE-D'ABERNON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Epsom, Second division of the hundred of Elmbridge, W. division of Surrey, 1 mile (S. E. by E.) from Cobham; containing the hamlet of Oxshot, 352 inhabitants. This place formerly belonged to the Vincents, who were visited here by Queen Elizabeth. The parish is bounded on the south and west by the river Mole: in the eastern part the soil is a deep clay; towards the north-east it is gravelly, and in other parts there is a good hazel mould. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 11. 3.; net income, £418; patron, the Rev. Hugh Smith. The church contains monuments to the Vincent family; the pulpit is richly embellished.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 217-220. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51307 Date accessed: 13 April 2011.

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